Patent ID: 7833279

Claim:
An apparatus for treating a health condition susceptible to treatment by reduction of nutrient absorption, said apparatus comprising: a flow diverter of material compatible with chronic residence within a small intestine of a patient, said flow diverter having a cover end and a discharge end, said flow diverter comprising a flap of material having a front and a back surface separated by left and right side edges; said flow diverter sized to be placed within said small intestine with said discharge end placed distally from said cover end and with said flow diverter further sized to permit passage of chyme through said small intestine and past said flow diverter; said cover end sized to cover a discharge location of pancreatic exocrine secretions into a small intestine of said patient and adapted to be attached to an attachment ring located in the small intestine at said discharge location, wherein said front surface of said flap of material opposes said discharge location of said small intestine; said diverter adapted to divert at least a portion of pancreatic exocrine secretion from said discharge location to said distal discharge end with said front surface of said flap of material opposing said discharge location of said small intestine and defining there between a flow path in fluid flow communication with said discharge location with said flow path in surface contact with a length of said small intestine between said discharge location and said discharge end.