Patent ID: 8070768
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for treatment of obesity, said system comprising: an expandable main body member configured to be positioned adjacent a portion of a stomach of a patient, outside of the stomach, within the abdominal cavity of the patient; an anchor directly attached to the expandable main body member configured to fix a portion of said main body member to and in contact with a portion of at least one internal body structure, without piercing through a wall of the stomach; a removable, elongate delivery instrument having a handle to guide the expandable main body member through an opening in the skin of the patient to a target location within the abdominal cavity, outside of the stomach of the patient, then be removed, said handle being provided at a distal end portion of said elongate delivery instrument, said elongated delivery instrument further including an elongate member extending proximally from said handle, and wherein at least a portion of said handle extends transversely to a longitudinal axis of said elongate member, such that a cross-sectional dimension of said handle in a plane normal to said longitudinal axis is greater than a cross-sectional dimension of said elongate member in said plane normal to said longitudinal axis; an adjustment member having a port that is accessible by an instrument to effect expansion or contraction of said main body, said adjustment member configured to be anchored to an abdominal wall or subcutaneously external to the abdominal wall; and a conduit connecting said main body with said adjustment member, wherein said expandable main body member is configured to be implanted without piercing through the stomach wall.