Patent ID: 11963863
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for surgically placing an artificial stomach in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
cutting an opening in the abdominal wall of the patient,
dissecting the area around the stomach,
placing a food reservoir adapted to collect food in the patient's abdomen
connecting an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and upstream to the esophagus or intestine
connecting an outlet to a second opening of the food reservoir and downstream to the patient's gastrointestinal tract;
placing a second reservoir for regulating the size of the food reservoir,
wherein an outer wall encloses both the food reservoir and the second reservoir, the food reservoir and the second reservoir being separated by a flexible inner wall and both the food reservoir wall and the wall of the second reservoir comprise parts of the outer wall and the flexible inner wall
closing the opening in the abdominal wall.