| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for the application of an obstruction sleeve within the gastrointestinal tract to limit absorption of food products in a specific parts of the gastrointestinal tract and to provide negative feedback to a patient who are morbidly obese to enable the patient to improve eating habits. <P>SOLUTION: A gastrointestinal implant device includes a flexible sleeve which is open at both ends, and adapted to extend into the intestine to limit the absorption of nutrients in the intestine, and a stent formed from a network of struts, coupled to a proximal portion of the sleeve, and adapted to fasten the sleeve. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |
