Patent ID: 8740988
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A bariatric balloon for placement within a human stomach, the human stomach having an antral pouch position for receiving food into the stomach, a pyloric sphincter for discharging digested food from the stomach, and a mucosa lining of the stomach, the bariatric balloon comprising: an antral chamber having a gas pressure therein, the antral chamber having a shape and size for contact with the mucosa lining of the stomach adjacent the antral pouch; the antral chamber having: a gas filled pyloric chamber joined with, and positioned below, the antral chamber, a pyloric chamber wall encompassing the pyloric chamber and positioned in contact with the mucosa lining; and together, the gas-filled antral and pyloric chambers defining a volume less than a volume of the human stomach.