Satiation devices and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6675809
SERIAL NO

09940110

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A device for inducing weight loss in a patient includes a tubular prosthesis self-expandable from a collapsed position in which the prosthesis has a first diameter to an expanded position in which the prosthesis has a second, larger, diameter. In a method for inducing weight loss, the prosthesis is placed in the collapsed position and inserted into a stomach of a patient. The prosthesis is allowed to self-expand from the collapsed position to the expanded position and into contact with the walls of the stomach, where it induces feelings of satiety and/or inhibits modulation of satiety-controlling factors such as Ghrelin.

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  • BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eubanks, Jr William S 3010 Quincemoor Rd., Durham, NC 27712 8 1447
Every, Nathan 3887-44th Ave. NE., Seattle, WA 98105 27 3482
Glenn, Richard A 308 Westside Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27516 105 11875
Moody, Trevor J 6537 Second Ave. NE., Seattle, WA 98115 21 2838
Silverstein, Fred E 1246-15th Ave. East, Seattle, WA 98112 59 10282
Stack, Richard S 106 Alder Pl., Chapel Hill, NC 27517 143 16301

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