Patent ID: 8568488
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for inducing weight loss in a patient having a stomach, an antrum within the stomach, a small intestines, and a pylorus connecting the antrum to the small intestine, comprising: a prosthesis having (i) a funnel shaped satiation device with proximal and distal openings, with a plurality of eyelets arranged about said proximal opening, and (ii) an elongate bypass tube having a proximal end joined to the distal opening of the satiation device, a first section dimensioned to extend from the proximal stomach to the pylorus, and a second section dimensioned to extend through the pylorus and into the small intestine, when the satiation device is secured to the stomach wall below the Z-line of the gastro-esophageal junction region of the patient's stomach, and being formed of a thin-walled polymer that is flexible enough to allow peristalsis within the small intestine, and sutures or clips for engaging said eyelets to secure the proximal opening of the satiation device of the prosthesis to the stomach wall below the Z-line of the gastro-esophageal junction region such that the proximal opening of the prosthesis receives food directly from the esophagus.