Patent ID: 9561033
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for treating obesity in a human or animal mammal patient, the apparatus comprising: at least a first, second and third volume filling device segment adapted to be assembled into an implantable volume filling device of a controlled size, wherein the first volume filling device segment is a core part comprising interconnecting recesses or protrusions, and wherein the second and third volume filling device segments are outer volume filling device segments each comprising interconnecting recesses or protrusions corresponding to the interconnecting recesses or protrusions of the first volume filling device segment, and configured so that the first, second and third volume filling device segments can be assembled into the volume filling device by means of form fitting provided between the interconnecting recesses or protrusions of the first volume filling device segment and the interconnecting recesses or protrusions of each of the second and third volume filling device segments, wherein the assembled volume filling device has a size of at least 125 mm