BURNETT, DANIEL R.,HALL, GREGORY W.,CAMPBELL-WHITE, ANNETTE,BAJOR, JORDAN T.
申请号：
CA2576476
公开号：
CA2576476C
申请日:
2005.07.25
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A device for performing one or more functions in a gastrointestinal tract of apatient includes an anchoring member and at least one actuator, sensor, orcombination of both coupled with the anchoring device. The anchoring device isadapted to maintain at least part of the device within a pyloric portion ofthe patients stomach and to intermittently engage, without directly attachingto, stomach tissue. Actuators perform any suitable function, such astransmitting energy to tissue, acting as a sleeve to reduce nutrientabsorption, occupying space in the stomach, eluting a drug and/or the like.Sensors may be adapted to sense any suitable patient characteristic within thepatients gastrointestinal tract, such as pH, temperature, bile content,nutrient content, fats, sugars, alcohol, opiates, drugs, analytes,electrolytes and/or hemoglobin.
