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:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 26, 2014
Assignee:
Allurion Techologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Shantanu K. Gaur, Samuel G. Levy, Jonathan Wecker, Bruce A. Horwitz, Jinyoung Daniel Gwak