公开(公告)号：US07111627B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-26

申请号：US10457108

申请日：2003-06-09

申请人： Richard S. Stack ,  Richard A. Glenn ,  Trevor J. Moody ,  Fred E. Silverstein ,  Nathan Every ,  William S. Eubanks, Jr.

发明人： Richard S. Stack ,  Richard A. Glenn ,  Trevor J. Moody ,  Fred E. Silverstein ,  Nathan Every ,  William S. Eubanks, Jr.

IPC分类号： A61F19/00 ,  A61B2/36

CPC分类号： A61F5/0076 ,  A61F2/04 ,  A61F2/07 ,  A61F2/24 ,  A61F5/0069 ,  A61F5/0079 ,  A61F2002/044 ,  A61F2002/045 ,  A61F2002/067 ,  A61F2002/072 ,  A61F2002/8483 ,  A61F2250/0039 ,  A61F2250/0067

摘要： A device for inducing weight loss in a patient includes a tubular prosthesis self-expandable from a collapsed position in which the prosthesis has a first diameter to an expanded position in which the prosthesis has a second, larger, diameter. In a method for inducing weight loss, the prosthesis is placed in the collapsed position and inserted into a stomach of a patient. The prosthesis is allowed to self-expand from the collapsed position to the expanded position and into contact with the walls of the stomach, where it induces feelings of satiety and/or inhibits modulation of satiety-controlling factors such as Ghrelin.