Patent ID: 8784354

Claim:
A method of implanting a satiation device in an upper gastro-intestinal region of a body using a positioning tool, comprising: positioning a satiation device on a distal portion of the positioning tool, the positioning tool being coupled to a guide defining a lumen therethrough; inserting the guide and the positioning tool with the satiation device thereon through an oral cavity and into a portion of the upper gastro-intestinal tract; manipulating the positioning tool to position the satiation device in contact with tissue at an implant location that includes the proximal stomach; inserting an attachment tool into the body through the lumen, the attachment tool being separate from the positioning tool; coupling the satiation device to surrounding stomach tissue at the implant location using the attachment tool; separating the satiation device from the positioning tool; and withdrawing the positioning tool from the body, wherein the satiation device causes the patient to experience sensations of fullness, and/or affects levels of hormones or other substances in the body that control or affect feelings of hunger, and/or affects an amount of injected food absorbed by the body.