Patent ID: 7320696

Claim:
A semi-stationary balloon combination that is adapted to be placed in the gastric antrum for inducing weight reduction in human beings by inducing reduction of appetite and early prandial satiety, the balloon combination comprising: a flexible anchoring rod, an intragastric balloon connected to the flexible anchoring rod and adapted to be placed endoscopically in the stomach, the balloon being made of inflatable per-os medical grade silicone with a volume of up to 240 ml adapted to be filled with a non-elastic fluid provided with radio-opaque contrast and dye, the intragastric balloon being a pear-shaped form so that the balloon can be positioned in a semi-stationary way in the gastric antrum (AG); wherein, in said balloon, an inner face of a medium portion of lesser diameter of the pear-shaped form is coated with a malleable ribbon (F); said flexible anchoring rod ( 2 ) having a distal counter-weight ( 5 ) designed to be installed in a portion of the duodenum (D).