Patent ID: 8876761

Claim:
A method of producing satiety in a patient, the method comprising the steps of: a. accessing a gastrointestinal tract of the patient; b. implanting an intraintestinal therapeutic substance eluting implant in an ileum of the gastrointestinal tract; wherein said intraintestinal therapeutic substance implant comprises a satiety inducing substance selected from at least one of a nutrient, a specific satiety inducing bio-active substance, pancreatic polypeptides, free fatty acids, cholecystokinin, amino acids, glutamine, lipids, linoleic acid, or a combination thereof; and c. positioning a choke ring extraluminally of the ileum proximate to the implant; wherein said intraintestinal therapeutic substance eluting implant is configured to administer said satiety inducing substance into the gastrointestinal tract; wherein said intraintestinal therapeutic substance implant releases said satiety inducing substance after said act of implanting; wherein there is no anatomical change to said gastrointestinal tract.