Shunt apparatus for treating obesity by extracting food

Details Shunt apparatus for treating obesity by extracting food Shunt apparatus for treating obesity by extracting food

A - Human Necessities

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A61F 5/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/34 (2006.01) A61J 15/00 (2006.01) A61M 25/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2656626

To treat obesity, a tube is positioned so that it passes through a patient's abdominal wall into the upper digestive system of the patient. The patient is allowed to carry out his/her everyday affairs including ingesting food. After ingestion, food is extracted by pumping it out of the upper digestive system through the tube. The embodiments described herein take advantage of some properties of ePTFE to provide a number of significant advantages.

L'invention concerne un procédé destiné à traiter l'obésité, selon lequel un tube est positionné de manière à traverser la paroi abdominale d'un patient et à pénétrer dans le système digestif supérieur du patient. Il est permis au patient de continuer ses activités quotidiennes, y compris l'ingestion d'aliments. Après l'ingestion, les aliments sont extraits en les pompant hors du système digestif supérieur par le tube. Les modes de réalisation décrits dans le présent document tirent parti de certaines propriétés de l'ePTFE pour obtenir un certain nombre d'avantages significatifs.

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