Patent ID: 9072579
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A bariatric device for placement into a stomach to achieve weight loss, comprising: a. a first element shaped and sized to contact at least one-third of a circumference of a cardia of the stomach, the first element formed as a first curved shell having a convex side constructed to contact and face the cardia and having a concave side, opposite the convex side, facing and open to the interior of the stomach, and wherein the first shell has a first restriction element formed therein that restricts fluid flow through the first shell from the convex side to the concave side of the first shell, wherein on the concave side the first restriction element is in direct fluid communication with the interior of the stomach; b. a second element formed as a second curved shell having a convex side constructed to contact a pyloric region of the stomach and having a concave side opposite the convex side facing and open to the interior of the stomach and the concave side of the first shell, and wherein the second element has a second restriction element formed therein that restricts fluid flow through the second shell from the concave side to the convex side; and c. a connecting element coupling the first element and the second element, such that the first or the second element maintains at least intermittent contact with the cardia and the second element maintains at least intermittent contact with the pyloric region of the stomach, wherein: