Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9668900B2/en
Timestamp: 2019-06-19 03:14:45
Document Index: 502099686

Matched Legal Cases: ['§371', 'Application No. 60', 'Application No. 2691530', 'Application No. 06827313', 'Application No. 15198773', 'Application No. 10802993', 'Application No. 10759514']

US9668900B2 - Balloon system and methods for treating obesity - Google Patents
US9668900B2
US9668900B2 US14/286,847 US201414286847A US9668900B2 US 9668900 B2 US9668900 B2 US 9668900B2 US 201414286847 A US201414286847 A US 201414286847A US 9668900 B2 US9668900 B2 US 9668900B2
US20140257358A1 (en
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/625,473, filed Nov. 24, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,845,672 whish is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/257,724, filed Oct. 24, 2008, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/513,583, filed Nov. 2, 2004, now abandoned, which is a U.S. National Phase Application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/US2003/012782, filed Apr. 25, 2003, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/379,540, filed May 9, 2002. Each of the foregoing applications are incorporated herein by reference herein in their entireties.
1. A gastric device, comprising:
an inflatable balloon, wherein the inflatable balloon is sized to make contact with a portion of a wall of a stomach of a human patient when the balloon is in an inflated state such that an outer surface of the balloon is configured to contact an inner surface of the wall;
a fillant delivery tube extending through the inflatable balloon, wherein a proximal outer surface of the fillant delivery tube is directly connected to a first portion of the inflatable balloon and a distal outer surface of the fillant delivery tube is directly connected to a second portion of the inflatable balloon spaced apart from the first portion; and
2. The gastric device of claim 1 wherein the inflatable balloon is further sized to make contact with a major portion of a body of the stomach.
3. The gastric device of claim 1 wherein the control module further comprises a pump configured to introduce the fillant to the balloon.
4. The gastric device of claim 1 wherein the control module further comprises a pump configured to remove the fillant from the balloon.
5. A gastric device, comprising:
a fillant delivery tube extending through the inflatable balloon, wherein a proximal outer surface of the fillant delivery tube is directly connected to a first portion of the inflatable balloon and a distal outer surface of the fillant delivery tube is directly connected to a second portion of the inflatable balloon spaced apart from the first portion, and wherein a biocompatible fillant is transferred to the inflatable balloon via the fillant delivery tube; and
wherein the inflatable balloon is sized to make contact with a portion of a wall of the stomach when the balloon is in an inflated state such that an outer surface of the balloon is configured to contact an inner surface of the wall.
6. The gastric device of claim 5 wherein the balloon is sized to make contact with a major portion of the wall of the stomach when the balloon is in an inflated state.
7. The gastric device of claim 5 wherein the means for automatically inflating the balloon comprises a pump.
8. The gastric device of claim 5 wherein the means for automatically inflating the balloon comprises an external control module, and wherein the external control module is connected to a proximal end of the fillant delivery tube.
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