Title:
Stomach obstruction device
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6283972
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device may be arranged transluminally with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve.
Inventors:
Needleman, David
Ross, alex
Barnet, Daniel Rogers
Van Western Berg, Jimmy
Iki, Coby
Ross, alex
Barnet, Daniel Rogers
Van Western Berg, Jimmy
Iki, Coby
Application Number:
JP2016501548A
Publication Date:
February 28, 2018
Filing Date:
March 12, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Baronova, Incorporated
International Classes:
A61B17/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2010537790A | ||||
JP2008515464A | ||||
JP2008531071A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
▲吉▼川 俊雄
Kana Ichikawa
Kana Ichikawa