Patent ID: 8814898
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for temporarily occupying a gastric space in a body of a patient, the method comprising: providing a device assembly having a conduit comprising a flexible end portion, where the flexible end portion extends within an enclosed reservoir of the device assembly; deploying the device assembly within the gastric space; delivering a filler through the conduit such that the device assembly expands to an active profile that occupies an increased volume within the gastric space; and where the device assembly further comprises a section providing a fluid path out of the reservoir, where the section is temporarily sealed by a release material that is located within the enclosed reservoir and remains entirely exterior to the fluid path such that the release material is physically separated from the gastric space, until reduction of a structural integrity of the release material allows opening of the section to open the fluid path.