Patent ID: 9655757
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An endoscopic device insertable into a patient's digestive track and for the treatment of obesity, the endoscopic device comprising: a stent for migration resistance and for maintaining fixation to a patient's digestive tract when implanted into the patient's digestive tract, the stent defining a passageway for transporting a bolus of food, the stent defining an opening at a top of the stent; a pliable and compliant artificial stoma includes a compliance producing filling for emulating natural peristaltic behavior and further extending the passageway for transporting of the bolus of food, the artificial stoma coupled to the stent, the stoma defining an opening at the bottom of the stoma, wherein the opening at the top of the stent is larger than the opening at the bottom of the stoma; and a liner disposed between the stent and the artificial stoma, the liner configured to couple the stent to the artificial stoma and further extending the passageway for transporting the bolus of food.