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7326207 Surgical weight control device  
This invention provides a method and system for the curative treatment of obesity. A first aspect of this invention is that it enables identification of the nerves responsible for the relaxation of...
7291160 Intragastric catheter  
An intragastric catheter provides satiety due to its presence in the stomach cavity. Efficacy is improved by the tactile sensation provided by a plurality of fingers that extend from the device....
7223277 Method of inducing satiety  
An intragastric catheter provides a method of inducing satiety due to its presence in the stomach cavity. Efficacy is improved by the tactile sensation provided by a plurality of fingers that...
7144400 Gastric band introduction device  
A surgical tool for safely introducing a gastric band into a patient's abdomen is provided. The instrument includes an inner rod slidably and coaxially disposed within a support tube. The inner rod...
7121283 Satiation devices and methods  
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...
6916326 Gastroplasty ring that can be loosened  
A gastroplasty ring having a single control is provided and includes a flexible strip with two ends for being closed around the stomach by a closure system so as to reduce the diameter of the...
6763837 Arrangement for mounting a counter-pressure plate for a shaft-like surgical suturing device  
In arrangement for supporting a counter pressure plate of a shaft-like surgical clamp suturing instrument for establishing a circular seam, a shaft-like clamp suturing instrument having at its...
5938669 Adjustable gastric banding device for contracting a patient's stomach  
An adjustable gastric banding device is used for contracting a patient's stomach in order to fight obesity. A gastric band (1) of a known type, implanted around the stomach and including a cavity...
5868141 Endoscopic stomach insert for treating obesity and method for use  
An endoscopic stomach insert for treating obesity in humans by reducing the desire for eating, comprising a base-sized for passing through a human mouth and esophagus; a plurality of flexible...
5449368 Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding device and method for implantation and removal thereof  
An adjustable gastric banding device for regulating the size of a stoma opening in the stomach of a patient includes an elongate band portion that encircles the stomach so as to limit the food...
5306300 Tubular digestive screen  
A tubular digestive screen for use in controlling the caloric intake of persons having morbid obesity is disclosed. The screen is made up of a thin-walled membrane-like tube, which has a firm ring...
5299356 Diet eating utensil  
The invention relates to an eating utensil for counting the number of bites the user consumes in accordance with a specific diet plan regulating the fat intake by the user. The eating utensil has...
5259399 Device and method of causing weight loss using removable variable volume intragastric bladder  
A method and apparatus for causing weight loss in obese humans by occupying a segment of the stomach volume using a variable volume bladder filled with fluid. The bladder is inserted into the upper...
5246456 Fenestrated gastric pouch  
A human stomach-shaped pouch is provided including a closed fundus and an open antrum as well as major and minor curvatures extending between the fundus and the antrum. The minor curvature includes...
5234454 Percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter and method for controlling body weight therewith  
A method for controlling the body weight of a patient employs a percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter (10). The method comprises the first steps of inserting a percutaneous intragastric...
5160338 Device for removing implantable articles  
A device facilitating remote removal of an article implanted beneath the skin. In one embodiment, the implantable article comprises a band which is operatively placed to encircle an organ such as...
5152770 Implantable device for occluding a duct in the body of a living being  
An implantable device for occluding a body duct, especially a blood vessel. The device includes a flexible, elongate plate to be fixed around the duct, a plurality of communicating bulbs which are...
5129915 Intragastric balloon  
A balloon intended to be swallowed and to occupy a given volume of the stomach in the presence of other balloons of the same type in order to permit a weight reduction of an individual is made up...
5084061 Intragastric balloon with improved valve locating means  
An intragastric balloon has an ellipsoid or like configuration so that the balloon implanted in the stomach tends to rotate or rock only about one axis when a surgeon attempts to manipulate the...
5074868 Reversible stoma-adjustable gastric band  
A reversible gastric banding device for creating a stoma opening in the stomach for restricting food intake into the lower digestive portion of the stomach. The band is operatively placed to...
5052410 Device for controlling eating and smoking habits  
Apparatus for reducing the craving for food and tobacco smoke including a flexible resilient member having a central portion with an intermediate portion inclined upwardly received between the...
4975682 Meal minder device  
The invention comprises a signalling device for reminding a person to follow certain eating habits. The device acts to sound an alarm at certain timed intervals in conjunction with the placement of...
4930535 Folding leaf valve and method of making  
A leaf valve folds upon itself to provide positive sealing of a pressurized chamber under a variety of pressure conditions. In particular, the valve stem folds to effectively close the lumen and...
4914819 Eating utensil for indicating when food may be eaten therewith and a method for using the utensil  
A dietary control eating utensil is disclosed for indicating when food can be eaten therewith. The handle of the utensil includes a gravity-powered timing device. The device includes an elongated...
4908011 Method and device for performing a puncturing work on an inflated balloon-like object implanted in a patient  
An inflated balloon (5) implanted in a patient (3) is provided with a high-frequency receiver system (7) wherein an electric current is induced upon the generation of a high-frequency,...
4899747 Method and appartus for treating obesity  
A stomach insert for treating obesity in humans by reducing the stomach volume comprises a flexible, free floating and unattached, inflatable balloon, the balloon being inflatable to a volume...
4883072 Mouth appliance for assisting in weight control  
A disposable appliance for inhibiting the intake of food is disclosed. The appliance comprises first and second spaced pressure sensitive adhesive pads applied to the cheeks of a user at the...
4844068 Bariatric surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument useful for forming a buttonhole through the stomach walls in gastroplastic surgery has a forceps handle, a hinge, and two jaws. The jaws form an aperture proximal the hinge...
4825881 Appliance for assisting in weight control  
An appliance for inhibiting the intake of food is disclosed. The appliance comprises first and second spaced adhesive strips applied above and below the upper and lower lips of a user and...
4803985 Gastroplasty method  
In a procedure for control of obesity, a clamp is placed across the stomach in a manner to partition the stomach into proximal and distal chambers with a restricted flow passage therebetween. An...
4763653 Medical sleeve  
A method and article for medical diagnosis and/or treatment of body disorders, comprising a sleeve unit insertable in a natural body vessel to isolate material flowing into the vessel from direct...
4739758 Apparatus for stomach cavity reduction  
A method and apparatus for reducing the size of the stomach cavity in humans. A collapsed balloon is packaged in water soluble material and releasably attached to a filler tube. The balloon is...
4738259 Dental appliance for weight control  
A weight control device (10) and method for disrupting natural mastication and transport of food at chewing surfaces of the teeth (12), to thereby impede the rate of food consumption and provide an...
4727867 Mandibular lateral motion inhibitor  
A dental appliance for controlling the weight of an individual by slowing down the rate of food ingestion to allow the body time to naturally register the sensation of being full is disclosed. The...
4723547 Anti-obesity balloon placement system  
An anti-obesity balloon and a placement system for the balloon includes a balloon with a needle-pierceable, self-sealing plug and an insertion catheter having a needle at its distal end. The needle...
4696288 Calibrating apparatus and method of using same for gastric banding surgery  
A calibrating apparatus adapted to be inserted into and proceeded within the stomach of human body which includes a single-lumen tubing terminating in a proximal portion and a distal tip each of...
4694827 Inflatable gastric device for treating obesity and method of using the same  
A balloon insertable and inflatable in the stomach to deter ingestion of food and having, when inflated, a plurality of smooth-surfaced convex protrusions disposed to permit engagement of the...
4648383 Peroral apparatus for morbid obesity treatment  
Apparatus for peroral treatment of morbid obesity includes a collapsible intra-gastric appliance which can be temporarily deformed to pass through the esophagus and cardiac opening of the stomach...
4641653 Medical sleeve  
A method and article for medical diagnosis and/or treatment of body disorders, comprising a sleeve unit insertable in a natural body vessel to isolate material flowing into the vessel from direct...
4607618 Method for treatment of morbid obesity  
Morbid obesity is treated by implacement in the fundus of a hollow shaped appliance. The appliance is formed of semi-rigid skeleton members and is collapsible to a dimension and shape which can be...
4598699 Endoscopic instrument for removing stomach insert  
An endoscopic instrument for removing an inflated insert from the stomach cavity of a person being treated for obesity comprises an elongated flexible tube having passageways therein. A holding...
4592342 Method for appetite suppression and weight loss maintenance and device  
A special belt is provided for effecting weight loss in the wearer. A central body has a convex side which is pressed into the abdomen about three fingers over the navel. The constant pressure both...
4592339 Gastric banding device  
A gastric band device for forming a stoma opening in a stomach for treatment of morbid obesity includes a flexible substantially nonextensible band portion having an expandable section that is...
4558699 Method of and apparatus for restricting the passage of food through the stomach  
The passage of food through a stomach (S) is restricted by clamping an apparatus (10) around the stomach (S). The apparatus (10) comprises cooperating jaws (12, 14) having stomach engaging surfaces...
4485805 Weight loss device and method  
The intra-gastric weight loss system apparatus and method of the present invention includes an intra-gastric elastomeric rubber balloon with self-sealing fill valve, to be placed and retrieved...
4471771 Oral weight control device  
An oral weight control apparatus and method adapted to block solid foods from entering the stomach of a user thereof, while at the same time allowing the user to freely move his tongue and jaws, to...
4458681 Stomach clamp for and method of proximal gastric partitioning  
A stomach clamp, having partially occluding arms that extend across a stomach, is operationally clamped in place by bolting together opposed arm ends that extend beyond the stomach periphery. The...
4416267 Method and apparatus for treating obesity  
A stomach insert for treating obesity in humans by reducing the stomach volume comprises a flexible torus-shaped inflatable balloon having a central opening extending therethrough. At least a...
4403604 Gastric pouch  
A generally rectangular flexible wrap panel having longitudinally spaced inwardly tapering and outwardly opening opposite side marginal notches formed therein intermediate its opposite ends is...
4344424 Anti-eating face mask  
An anti-eating face mask which includes a cup-shaped member conforming to the shape of the mouth and chin area of the user, together with a hoop member and straps detachably engageable with a...
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