Duodenal stimulation devices and methods for the treatment...

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A61F 5/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2675650

A device (10) useful for treatment of a condition related to an eating disorder comprising: a) a duodenum obstructing component (16) configured to partially obstruct the lumen of a duodenum in which deployed, preferably so as to reduce the rate of passage of materials through the duodenum; and b) an anchoring component (14) configured to substantially maintain a position of the obstructing component inside a duodenum wherein deployed. The obstructing component does not block entry of food into the duodenum but rather causes a given volume of food that enters the duodenum to induce a greater degree of satiety and/or to induce a perception of satiety for a longer period of' time and/or to induce a perception of satiety faster than otherwise.

L'invention concerne un dispositif (10) qui s'utilise pour le traitement d'un état associé à un trouble de l'alimentation. Ce dispositif comporte : a) un composant d'obstruction du duodénum (16), configuré pour obstruer partiellement la lumière du duodénum dans lequel il est déployé, de préférence de façon à réduire la vitesse de passage de matières à travers le duodénum ; et b) un composant d'ancrage (14) configuré pour maintenir de façon substantielle une position du composant d'obstruction à l'intérieur du duodénum dans lequel il est déployé. Le composant d'obstruction ne bloque pas l'entrée des aliments dans le duodénum, mais plutôt amène un volume donné d'aliments qui entre dans le duodénum à induire un degré de satiété supérieur et/ou à induire une perception de satiété pendant une période de temps plus longue et/ou à induire une perception de satiété plus rapidement qu'autrement.

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