SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BARIATRIC THERAPY

• Main Author: CHIN ALBERT K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.11.2015
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gastrointestinal implant device and a delivery mechanism effective for bariatric therapy, the device and mechanism capable of minimizing complications and recovery time, reducing operation time and resources, and improving therapy efficiency, success rate, and safety.SOLUTION: The device can include a sleeve for placement into a small intestine and to minimize absorption of nutrients by its walls. An anchoring mechanism coupled to a proximal end of the sleeve and designed to be secured within the stomach can be provided. A passageway extending through the anchoring mechanism and the sleeve can also be provided, along which food can be directed from the stomach to the small intestine. The delivery mechanism can include a housing for accommodating the device, and a deploying balloon situated within the housing and which can be actuated to direct the sleeve of the device from within the housing to the site of implantation. 【課題】合併症および回復時間を最小化し、手術時間および資源を縮小し、かつ治療効率性、成功率、および安全性を改善することができる、肥満治療のための有効な胃腸管埋め込み型デバイス、および送達機構を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の胃腸管埋め込み型デバイスは、小腸の中へ配置して、その壁による栄養分の吸収を最小化するためのスリーブを含むことができる。スリーブの近位端に連結され、胃内に固定されるように設計される固着機構も提供される。固着機構およびスリーブを通って延在する通路もまた提供され、それに沿って食物を胃から小腸へと導くことができる。送達機構は、このデバイスを収容するための筐体と、筐体内に位置し、デバイスのスリーブを筐体内から埋め込みの部位へと導くように作動させることができる展開バルーンを含むことができる。【選択図】図１Ａ