GASTRIC IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAME

An implant device and method for inducing weight loss is provided wherein the implant device deforms the stomach wall thereby reducing the effective stomach volume without connection or access to the inner stomach. The implant device has a shape to provide for deformation of the stomach without rete...

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1. Verfasser:	WALDREP DONALD J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An implant device and method for inducing weight loss is provided wherein the implant device deforms the stomach wall thereby reducing the effective stomach volume without connection or access to the inner stomach. The implant device has a shape to provide for deformation of the stomach without retention within the inner stomach.