Patent ID: 7255675

Claim:
A method of fastening a device to one wall of a gastrointestinal organ comprising: passing said device through a patient's abdominal skin, wherein the device is in an undeployed configuration; passing an anchor through a patient's abdominal skin wherein said anchor is in an undeployed configuration; deploying said device; connecting said device and said anchor by means of a connector such that said anchor and device are fastened to a wall of said gastrointestinal organ by means of said connector, wherein said connector prevents said device and said anchor from moving apart; deploying said anchor to its deployed configuration; wherein said device induces satiety in said patient and is selected from the group consisting of a neurostimulator, a neuromodulator, a direct muscle stimulator, a gastric muscle stimulator, and an inflatable balloon; and wherein said anchor is a mesh.