INTRAGASTRIC BAG FOR TREATING OBESITY

摘要

An apparatus and method comprising at least one intragastric member made of a digestive-resistant or substantially indigestible material that is introduced into a bag located in the gastric lumen of a mammal for the treatment of obesity. One or more intragastric members are loaded into a delivery tube in partially compacted first configuration and delivered to an overtube. The overtu includes a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen configured to receive the intragastric members in the first configuration for delivery to the bag located in t gastric lumen wherein the intragastric member is expanded to a second configuration. The apparatus further comprises a constraining element engaged with the bag to secure the intragastric member upon delivery into the gastric lumen.