Patent ID: 8211050

Claim:
A medical implant consisting of a hollow body to be implanted into the stomach of a patient comprising a first tubular end portion forming a food inlet opening and dimensioned so that it is fittable into the esophagus of the patient, a second tubular end portion forming a food outlet opening and dimensioned so that it is tightly connectable to a small-intestine loop of the patient and a middle portion forming an artificial stomach volume having a wall defining an interior passage connecting the inlet and outlet openings of the first and second tubular end portions characterised in that the middle portion wall has an opening and a hose-like member extending from said wall opening, said hose-like member terminating within the stomach volume of the patient, at a point downstream of said wall opening, wherein food can bypass a section of said interior passage by moving through said hose-like member from said interior passage into the stomach volume of the patient.