Wiser, David,Paspa, Paul,Burnett, Daniel Rogers,Meade, Stephen L.,Narciso, Hugh
申请号:
AU2008296110
公开号:
AU2008296110B2
申请日:
2008.09.05
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodilyopening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connectedto a distal member by a tether. The proximal member includes an apron member surroundinga first occluding member, which is formable from an elongated and narrower configurationto a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach,the device of the present invention is arranged transluminally, with the distalmember disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against thepyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing ordelaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve. In certain embodiments,a reservoir may be included for releasing a substance of interest, for examplefor releasing insulin from a reservoir disposed in the distal member. Sensors,actuators, and data transmission devices may also be included.