Patent ID: 8821521
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for treating obesity and/or addiction, the device comprising: a reversible member structured to have an elongated configuration during insertion into a patient's gastro-intestinal tract and a contracted configuration after the insertion; a locking button positioned along the reversible member; a length of string slidably attached to the locking button; a dispensing member coupled to the reversible member, wherein a distal end of the elongated configuration is coupled to a proximal end of the elongated configuration via the length attached to the locking button where the length is passed entirely through a locking lumen defined through the distal end such that the proximal end is approximated into and through the distal end until the locking button has traversed the locking lumen into the contracted configuration, and wherein the length is removable from the locking button by tensioning one end of the string once the reversible member is in the contracted configuration.