Patent ID: 8403877

Claim:
A device for treating obesity and/or type II diabetes in a patient comprising: a gastric anchor inflatable between a first configuration sized and shaped for advancement through an esophagus into a selected region of a stomach of the patient and a second configuration sized and shaped to inhibit distal movement of the gastric anchor through a pyloric sphincter of the patient; a duodenal anchor coupled to the gastric anchor and inflatable between a first configuration sized and shaped for advancement through the esophagus, the stomach and the pyloric sphincter into a proximal region of a duodenum of the patient and a second configuration sized and shaped to inhibit proximal movement of the anchor through the pyloric sphincter; and a substantially hollow sleeve coupled to the duodenal anchor and having open proximal and distal ends and an internal lumen therebetween having a proximal end configured to be coupled to a fluid delivery source, the sleeve being sized and shaped to extend through at least a proximal portion of a duodenum of the patient and further comprising a plurality of internal lumens extending along a length of the sleeve and spaced from each other around a circumference of the sleeve.