Patent ID: 8496608

Claim:
A method for treating a wound in a diabetic patient comprising: removably introducing an internal bypass device into a patient by advancing a duodenal anchor portion of the internal bypass device through an esophagus, a stomach and a pylorus into a duodenum of the patient; extending a hollow sleeve of the internal bypass device through at least a portion of the duodenum; advancing a gastric anchor portion of the internal bypass device through the esophagus and into the stomach of the patient; spacing the duodenal anchor portion from the gastric anchor portion by at least 20 mm from each other; and maintaining the hollow sleeve within the duodenum for a sufficient period of time to reduce a blood glucose level in the patient by inflating the duodenal anchor portion within the duodenum and inflating the gastric anchor portion within the stomach of the patient such that the hollow sleeve remains in position within the duodenum.