Patent ID: 9295574
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A method of decreasing a time to wound closure of a chronic lower limb wound in a patient having a lack of innate ability to regulate a glucose level, the method comprising: removably introducing, via a natural orifice of the patient, a flexible sleeve between a stomach of the patient and at least a portion of an inner surface of a duodenum of the patient such that the flexible sleeve is able to receive chyme exiting the stomach, positioning a plurality of elements such that a pyloric sphincter of the patient is between the elements, wherein at least one of the elements is inflatable, wherein the elements are coupled to each other flexibly, wherein the flexible sleeve is coupled to one or more of the elements, inflating the at least one of the elements such that the at least one of the elements is too large to pass across the pyloric sphincter when inflated and such that the flexible sleeve is stabilized thereby between the stomach and the at least the portion of the inner surface of the duodenum, maintaining the flexible sleeve within the duodenum for a period of time that permits at least one of a normalization of the glucose level in the patient, an increase in a peripheral vascular perfusion in the patient, or an increase in a leukocyte activity in the patient.