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.
申请公布号
EP2397113(B8)
申请公布日期
2015.11.04
申请号
EP20110171475
申请日期
2002.08.26
申请人
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
发明人
STACK, RICHARD;GLENN, RICHARD;MOODY, TREVOR;SILVERSTEIN, FRED;EVERY, NATHAN;EUBANKS, WILLIAM