Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temporary gastric device (TGD) and method of use
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Application No.: US15056988Application Date: 2016-02-29
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Publication No.: US09962277B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Randy Louis Werneth , Kaushik Aroonkumar Patel
- Applicant: Randy Louis Werneth , Kaushik Aroonkumar Patel
- Agent Michael R Shevlin
- Main IPC: A61M29/00
- IPC: A61M29/00 ; A61F5/00

Abstract:
A gastric device for a stomach having a pyloric valve comprising a biodegradable delivery structure disposable within the stomach configured to erode upon exposure to gastric fluid. A first volume filling agent retained by the biodegradable delivery structure and is permeable to water and/or gastric fluids. A second volume filling agent retained by the first volume filling agent, wherein the second volume filling agent is a hydrogel that expands in contact with the water and/or gastric fluids thereby expanding the first volume filling agent from a first displacement to a second displacement larger than the first displacement, and wherein the first volume filling agent does not pass through the pyloric valve in the normal digestive process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160175133A1 TEMPORARY GASTRIC DEVICE (TGD) AND METHOD OF USE Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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