A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
A61F 5/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2556411
The invention relates to an expandable intragastric balloon which is intended to be implanted in the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity. The inventive balloon comprises an outer casing (2) which is sufficiently flexible in order to change from a reduced volume configuration to an expanded configuration, thereby imparting the balloon (1) with its functional shape. The balloon is characterised in that it comprises means (3) for forming the outer casing (2), which are structurally integrated into the balloon (1), but which, for the most part, are separate from the outer casing (2). According to the invention, once the balloon (1) has been implanted, the aforementioned forming means (3) can be actuated in order to: (i) exert a sufficient driving pressure on the outer casing (2) such as to force the deployment thereof, and (ii) occupy a sufficient volume inside the outer casing (2) in order to produce the deployment of the outer casing (2) from the reduced volume configuration to the expanded configuration thereof. The invention is suitable for intragastric balloons.
L'invention concerne un ballon intra-gastrique expansible destiné à être implanté dans l'estomac d'un patient dans le cadre d'un traitement de l'obésité et comportant une enveloppe externe (2) suffisamment souple pour passer d'une configuration à volume réduit à une configuration expansée conférant au ballon (1) sa forme fonctionnelle, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens de mise en forme (3) de l'enveloppe externe (2), intégrés structurellement au ballon (1) et majoritairement disjoints de l'enveloppe externe (2), lesdits moyens de mise en forme (3) étant susceptibles, une fois le ballon (1) implanté, d'être actionnés pour d'une part exercer une pression motrice suffisante sur l'enveloppe externe (2) pour la contraindre à se déployer, et d'autre part occuper, au sein de ladite enveloppe externe (2), un volume suffisant pour assurer le déploiement de l'enveloppe externe (2) de sa configuration à volume réduit jusqu'à sa configuration expansée. Ballons intra-gastriques.
Paganon Pascal
Ricol Jean-Paul Gilbert
Blake Cassels & Graydon Llp
Compagnie Europeene D'etude Et de Recherche de Dispositifs Pour
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