Patent ID: 9445930
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N,G08B

Claim Text:
1. An obesity treatment device for deploying in a stomach of a patient, comprising: a plurality of adjacent, spaced apart inflatable space-filling compartments, wherein each compartment of the plurality of inflatable space-filling compartments has a respective inflated state volume that is maintained during treatment of the patient; and a valve system for introducing a fluid into each compartment of the plurality of inflatable space-filling compartments and for retaining, upon inflation, fluid in the plurality of inflatable space-filling compartments, wherein wherein the obesity treatment device is to form, upon at least partially filling the plurality of inflatable space-filling compartments, to a curved shape conforming to a natural three-dimensional kidney shape of the stomach such that an outer surface of the obesity treatment device aligns against greater and lesser curvatures of the stomach.