IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC DEVICE FOR WEIGHT LOSS IN AN OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT PATIENT INCLUDING AN INFLATABLE GASTRIC BALLOON AND A DUODENAL PROSTHESIS

摘要

According to the invention, such a device is characterized in that it comprises a system for coupling said balloon to said duodenal prosthesis; said duodenal prosthesis is compressible and expandable in a radial direction; said prosthesis has a wall that is fixedly attached, on at least one part of its length, to a helical frame and said helix has an irregular pitch.