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Title:
食物を抜き取ることによって肥満を治療する短絡装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009542349
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To treat obesity, a tube is positioned so that it passes through a patient's abdominal wall into the upper digestive system of the patient. The patient is allowed to carry out his/her everyday affairs including ingesting food. After ingestion, food is extracted by pumping it out of the upper digestive system through the tube. The embodiments described herein take advantage of some properties of ePTFE to provide a number of significant advantages.

Inventors:
Kenneth Solovey
Samuel Crane
Stephen Bee Solomon
Moshe Shaik
Application Number:
JP2009518367A
Publication Date:
December 03, 2009
Filing Date:
July 03, 2007
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Assignee:
Aspiration · Medical Technology · LRC
International Classes:
A61B17/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2008509730A2008-04-03
JP2007513685A2007-05-31
JP2006102539A2006-04-20
JP2005522269A2005-07-28
JPH05317325A1993-12-03
JPH05115429A1993-05-14
JPH04198680A1992-07-20
Foreign References:
WO2006020441A22006-02-23
WO2005060869A12005-07-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro