Title:
OBESITY TREATMENT TOOL AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009078158
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide various tools and methods for treatment of obesity and the other stomach-related disease (for example, a gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)) little in a trauma and not so invasive more than a procedure usable at present, in the various tools and methods for the treatment of the obesity.
One method includes reducing the size of a stomach sac for providing quicker feeling of satisfaction by limiting a caloric intake. This method can be performed by creating a small intestine sac in the stomach. This procedure can be increased by performing pyloroplasty before reducing a sac size (that is, disabling sphincter muscle of pylorus) and/or by combining with reduction in the sac size when necessary.
Inventors:
WELLER GARY
GERBI CRAIG
GANNOE JAMES
DEEM MARK E
SUTTON DOUGLAS S
GIFFORD HANSON S III
ANDREAS BERNARD H
FRENCH RONALD G
GERBI CRAIG
GANNOE JAMES
DEEM MARK E
SUTTON DOUGLAS S
GIFFORD HANSON S III
ANDREAS BERNARD H
FRENCH RONALD G
Application Number:
JP2008284886A
Publication Date:
April 16, 2009
Filing Date:
November 05, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SATIETY INC
International Classes:
A61B17/00; A61B17/064; A61B17/11; A61B17/115; A61B17/22; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61F5/00; A61L31/00; A61B17/122; A61B17/30; A61B19/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hidesaku Yamamoto
Takaaki Yasumura
Natsuki Morishita
Takaaki Yasumura
Natsuki Morishita