公开(公告)号：EP2061405A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-27

申请号：EP07786202.7

申请日：2007-07-19

申请人： Merkle, Dominique

发明人： Merkle, Dominique

IPC分类号： A61F5/00

CPC分类号： A61F5/003 ,  A61F5/0043

摘要： A device for treating obesity in humans is described, with a balloon arrangement that can be introduced into the human stomach and that can be filled with a fluid and emptied inside the stomach for controlled reduction of the stomach volume; with at least one fluid line, which is connected in a leaktight manner to the balloon arrangement and via which the balloon arrangement can be filled and emptied transcutaneously; with at least one securing means provided along the fluid line in order to fix the fluid line to skin and tissue layers enclosing the stomach; and with at least one valve unit provided along the fluid line. The invention is characterized in that the balloon arrangement has a first means that can be filled with the fluid and assumes a balloon-like configuration in a filled state, in that a second fillable means is provided which, in a filled state, assumes a ring-shaped or loop-shaped configuration and radially encloses a clear internal diameter, and in that the first and second means are connected to each other in such a way that the first means extends into a first half space via a plane enclosed by the ring-shaped or loop-shaped configuration of the filled second means.