Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for delivering a device assembly into a gastric or other space within the body, allowing the device to expand to occupy volume within the gastric space and, after an effective period of time, delivering a substance or stimulus to begin breakdown of the expanded device so that it may release from the body.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 10, 2014
Publication date:
October 2, 2014
Applicant:
ALLURION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Shantanu K. GAUR, Samuel G. LEVY, Jonathan WECKER, Bruce A. HORWITZ, Jinyoung Daniel GWAK
Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for delivering a device assembly into a gastric or other space within the body, allowing the device to expand to occupy volume within the gastric space and after an effective period of time, delivering a substance or stimulus to begin breakdown of the expanded device so that it may release from the body.