A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
A61F 5/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2683715
An intragastric balloon system for facilitating weight loss in a human or animal patient generally includes a flexible shell suitable for placement in a digestive track of a patient and capable of being inflated with a fluid. The system further includes a valve mechanism coupled to the shell, an actuator for opening the valve mechanism to effect release of fluid from the shell, and a remote control device capable of sending a signal from outside the patient to the actuator in order to effectuate deflation of the shell in vivo and without surgical intervention.
L'invention concerne un système de ballon intragastrique servant à faciliter la perte de poids chez un patient humain ou animal. Ce système comprend généralement une enveloppe flexible apte à être placée dans le tube digestif du patient et à être gonflée au moyen d'un fluide. Le système comprend également un mécanisme valve couplé à l'enveloppe, un actionneur servant à ouvrir le mécanisme valve pour libérer le fluide de l'enveloppe, ainsi qu'un dispositif de commande à distance destiné à envoyer un signal de l'extérieur du corps du patient à l'actionneur pour dégonfler l'enveloppe in vivo, sans intervention chirurgicale.
Allergan Inc.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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