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7330753 Analysis of eating habits  
Diet evaluation gastric apparatus ( 18 ) is provided, which detects when a patient ( 10 ) swallows, and detects the type and amount of matter ingested. The apparatus includes electrodes ( 74, 100 )...
7306614 Overtube apparatus for insertion into a body  
An overtube apparatus for insertion into a body is described herein. The assembly includes an overtube having a lumen defined throughout. The distal end of the overtube member has two or more...
7288101 Obesity treatment tools and methods  
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to...
7288099 Obesity treatment tools and methods  
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to...
7229428 Method and device for use in endoscopic organ procedures  
A bypass conduit assembly is placed in a hollow body organ to route food and liquids past the hollow body organ. A flexible tubular member extends from a narrowed section through the hollow body...
7220237 Method and device for use in endoscopic organ procedures  
Methods and devices for use in tissue approximation and fixation are described herein. The present invention provides, in part, methods and devices for acquiring tissue folds in a circumferential...
7214233 Methods and devices for maintaining a space occupying device in a relatively fixed location within a stomach  
Methods and devices for maintaining a space-occupying device in a fixed relationship relative to a patient's stomach by manipulation of the stomach. In one variation, two or more regions of the...
7211094 Magnetic anchoring devices  
Magnetic anchoring devices are disclosed herein. Expandable devices that are inserted into the stomach of a patient are attached to its interior wall by magnetically coupling. Such expandable...
7175638 Method and devices for modifying the function of a body organ  
Methods and devices for partitioning or plicating a region of a hollow body organ are described herein. These methods and devices relate generally to medical apparatus and methods and more...
7097650 System for tissue approximation and fixation  
A system for tissue approximation and fixation is described herein. The devices are advanced in a minimally invasive manner within a patient's body to create one or several divisions or plications...
7066945 Intragastric device for treating obesity  
An apparatus and method comprising at least one intragastric member or artificial bezoar made of a digestive-resistant or substantially indigestible material that is introduced into a gastric lumen...
7033384 Stented anchoring of gastric space-occupying devices  
Gastric space occupying devices are provided that include a stent configured for deployment in the gastrointestinal tract of a patient, and in particular, for deployment in the esophagus or the...
7033373 Method and device for use in minimally invasive placement of space-occupying intragastric devices  
A space occupying device for deployment within a patient's stomach and methods of deploying and removing the device. The device includes an expandable member and fasteners, such as sutures, that...
6994715 Intra-gastric fastening devices  
Intra-gastric fastening devices are disclosed herein. Expandable devices that are inserted into the stomach of the patient are maintained within by anchoring or otherwise fixing the expandable...
6981980 Self-inflating intragastric volume-occupying device  
A self-inflating, intragastric balloon device is activated by addition of an activating liquid into an acid or water soluble vessel located within the balloon. After an approximately pre-determined...
6981978 Methods and devices for maintaining a space occupying device in a relatively fixed location within a stomach  
Methods and devices for maintaining a space-occupying device in a fixed relationship relative to a patient's stomach by manipulation of the stomach. In one variation, two or more regions of the...
6746460 Intra-gastric fastening devices  
Intra-gastric fastening devices are disclosed herein. Expandable devices that are inserted into the stomach of the patient are maintained within by anchoring or otherwise fixing the expandable...
6694185 Apparatus and method for electrically conductive weight reduction  
An apparatus that aids in the loss of weight through the reduction of fatty body tissues. The apparatus is preferably in a garment configuration, provides electrically conducting portions and...
EP0885031B1 APPARATUS FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN ESOPHAGASTRIC BALLOON TAMPONADE DEVICE  
Abstract not available for EP0885031 Abstract of corresponding document: WO9728841 A method and apparatus for the deployment of an esophagastric balloon tamponade device (25) within a patient. In...
6454785 Percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter for the treatment of obesity  
The present invention relates to a percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter for the treatment of obesity. The invention occupies a portion of the gastric cavity causing a feeling of satiety and...
6306141 Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements  
Medical devices which are currently proposed to use elements made from shape memory alloys may be improved by the use of stress-induced martensite alloy elements instead. The use of stress-induced...
6259938 Monitoring catheter and method of using same  
A monitoring catheter that inserts into the patient's esophagus alone or in combination with an existing catheter, such as a feeding or aspiration tube. The monitoring catheter includes a pair of...
6203520 Apparatus and method for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract  
A method and apparatus for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract. In one form of the present invention an irrigation tube is positioned through the patient's mouth, esophagus and into the...
6183461 Method for delivering a medication  
A drug-infusing device is implanted into a body cavity such as a bladder. The device is implanted in an uninflated, low profile state. After insertion into the body cavity, the device is filled...
6171298 Intravesical infuser  
A drug-infusing device is implanted into a body cavity such as a bladder. The device is implanted in an uninflated, low profile state. After insertion into the body cavity, the device is filled...
6139535 Method and apparatus for placement and activation of a medical device within a body cavity  
A delivery device and method for delivering a medical device, such as an infuser, into a body cavity are disclosed. The delivery device includes an ejector tube which slidably extends through a...
5947926 Apparatus and method for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract  
A method and apparatus for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract. In one form of the present invention an irrigation tube is positioned through the patient's mouth, esophagus and into the...
5906587 Apparatus and method for the treatment of esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms  
A method and apparatus for treating esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms. In one form of the present invention a balloon tamponade device is utilized to deliver a dressing containing a...
5785684 Apparatus and method for the deployment of an esophagastric balloon tamponade device  
A method and apparatus for the deployment of an esophagastric balloon tamponade device within a patient. In one form of the present invention an irrigation tube is positioned through the patient's...
5707355 Apparatus and method for the treatment of esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms  
A method and apparatus for treating esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms. In one form of the present invention a balloon tamponade device is utilized to deliver a dressing containing a...
5690620 Anatomically conforming nasogastric tube with normally-curved tip and method for using same  
A nasogastric (NG) tube provided with a normally-curved or normally-bent leading end. When passed, the normally-curved/bent leading end negotiates the nasopharynx with the tip of the NG tube biased...
5401241 Duodenal intubation catheter  
An apparatus and method for the non-surgical direct intubation of the duodenum or small bowel. The apparatus consists of an introducer tube comprising a double-lumen tubular member having a...
5391158 Nasogastric tube  
A system for introducing a nasogastric tube into the stomach of a patient comprises a digestible weight capable of being swallowed by the patient, a digestible guide string having one end attached...
5382231 Method for transesophageal retraction of the stomach  
A device for transesophageal stomach retraction comprises an elongate shaft having a proximal handle in a distal length. The distal length is deformable so that it can assume a desired...
5308326 Balloon tamponade devices and methods for their placement  
Balloon tamponade devices for treating bleeding sites within the upper digestive tract (e.g. esophageal or upper gastric bleeding sites, or duodenal, pyloric or distal gastric bleeding sites)...
5259399 Device and method of causing weight loss using removable variable volume intragastric bladder  
A method and apparatus for causing weight loss in obese humans by occupying a segment of the stomach volume using a variable volume bladder filled with fluid. The bladder is inserted into the upper...
5234454 Percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter and method for controlling body weight therewith  
A method for controlling the body weight of a patient employs a percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter (10). The method comprises the first steps of inserting a percutaneous intragastric...
5194003 Removable device for delivering beneficial agents orally  
A device for delivering beneficial agents such as drugs orally for sustained time periods comprising a support member that is formfit or clasped over or around the teeth and one or more reservoir...
5129915 Intragastric balloon  
A balloon intended to be swallowed and to occupy a given volume of the stomach in the presence of other balloons of the same type in order to permit a weight reduction of an individual is made up...
5084061 Intragastric balloon with improved valve locating means  
An intragastric balloon has an ellipsoid or like configuration so that the balloon implanted in the stomach tends to rotate or rock only about one axis when a surgeon attempts to manipulate the...
4925446 Removable inflatable intragastrointestinal device for delivering beneficial agents  
A removable inflatable beneficial agent delivery device that is adapted to reside in the stomach for a prolonged time period. The device comprises (1) an inflatable member which in its deflated...
4908011 Method and device for performing a puncturing work on an inflated balloon-like object implanted in a patient  
An inflated balloon (5) implanted in a patient (3) is provided with a high-frequency receiver system (7) wherein an electric current is induced upon the generation of a high-frequency,...
4899747 Method and appartus for treating obesity  
A stomach insert for treating obesity in humans by reducing the stomach volume comprises a flexible, free floating and unattached, inflatable balloon, the balloon being inflatable to a volume...
D303288 Intragastric balloon kit consisting of an intragastric balloon device, a pump, a container tube and a box  
4861268 Tooth-anchored beneficial agent delivery device  
A tooth-anchored beneficial agent delivery device comprising an anchor-member that is semipermanently attached to a tooth, such as by an adhesive, bonding or a tooth-encircling band, and one or...
4798193 Protective sheath instrument carrier  
An open ended tubular sheath is provided with an annular guide element to facilitate placement of the sheath within a body passage. In use a guide wire is directed into the passage and the guide...
4723547 Anti-obesity balloon placement system  
An anti-obesity balloon and a placement system for the balloon includes a balloon with a needle-pierceable, self-sealing plug and an insertion catheter having a needle at its distal end. The needle...
EP0246999A1 Device and method of making same for treating a patient for obesity.  
A device for insertion into the stomach of a patient for treating the patient for obesity, comprises an inflatable balloon (2) including a self-closing valve (23) at one end (21) for intrducing an...
EP0205228A1 Endoscopic instrument fo  
4592339 Gastric banding device  
A gastric band device for forming a stoma opening in a stomach for treatment of morbid obesity includes a flexible substantially nonextensible band portion having an expandable section that is...
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