Intragastric stent for weight loss or weight loss
The invention relates to the field of medicine and is used to reduce excess body weight by placing the intragastric stent into the stomach and its extraction therefrom is not required the use of general anesthesia, and when the intrusion in the stomach is not formed bedsores.
Abstract
The invention relates to the field of medicine and is used to reduce excess body weight. It represents intragastric stent having in the mounted state the form of the coil spring with no less than two full turns, and configured as a single tow wire component of NiTi (Nitinol) - an alloy having a memory of a predetermined shape, enclosed in a flexible tube of silicone stoppered with two sides sealed, placed into the patient's stomach and unfolding in a spiral shape and is initially given size in the stomach cavity, wherein raspiraya stomach wall, thus creating a by direct patient feeling its complete filling. As a result, the amount of food taken by the patient is sharply reduced, and the patient loses weight steadily throughout the period of time when intragastric stent is in his stomach. The advantage of the utility model is that by placing the intragastric stent into the stomach and its extraction therefrom is not required the use of general anesthesia, and when the intragastric stent in the stomach is not formed bedsores.