Patent ID: 9480590
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. Endoluminal sleeve device ( 1 ) for internally lining a section of the GI tract, comprising: a sleeve ( 2 ) configured for deployment inside a GI tract, the sleeve ( 2 ) having walls of a flexible material defining a sleeve lumen ( 3 ), a proximal end ( 4 ) defining a proximal lumen opening ( 5 ), and a distal end ( 6 ) defining a distal lumen opening ( 7 ), a tubular anchoring portion ( 8 ) forming said proximal lumen end ( 4 ) and defining anchoring seats ( 9 ) delimited by an annular collar ( 11 ) forming an opening through which adjacent tissue portions ( 12 ) can be pulled into the anchoring seats ( 9 ), expansion means adapted to act on the tissue portions ( 12 ) arranged in the anchoring seats ( 9 ) such that the tissue portions ( 12 ) expand to a dimension greater than the opening of the annular collar ( 11 ).