Patent ID: 9498366
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A device for performing one or more functions in a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, the device comprising: a first anchoring member adapted to maintain a deployed configuration having a fixed shape within a pyloric portion of the patient's stomach and to intermittently engage, without directly attaching to, stomach tissue such that the first anchoring member is proximally translatable relative to a pyloric valve whereby a passage between the first anchoring member and the pyloric valve is opened intermittently; a tissue contacting portion extending from the first anchoring member comprising two or more members which have an opened configuration; a spanning member having a proximal end attached to the two or more members of the tissue contacting portion and further having a shape adapted to pass at least partially through the pyloric valve; a second anchoring member coupled to a distal end of the spanning member for maintaining the first anchoring member in intermittent contact with the pyloric valve and further having a shape sized for passage through the pyloric valve after deployment; and at least one actuator coupled with the first anchoring member and actuated from within the stomach for performing a function from within the patient's gastrointestinal tract.