US 11,969,371 B2
Duodenal gastrointestinal devices and related treatment methods
Kenneth F. Binmoeller, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US); James T. McKinley, Redwood City, CA (US); Fiona M. Sander, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); John P. Lunsford, San Carlos, CA (US); Hoang G. M. Phan, Fremont, CA (US); and Christopher Thorne, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Endosphere, Inc., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Endosphere, Inc., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,866.
Application 17/332,866 is a continuation of application No. 15/231,642, filed on Aug. 8, 2016, granted, now 11,020,259.
Application 15/231,642 is a continuation of application No. 13/666,919, filed on Nov. 1, 2012, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/699,172, filed on Sep. 10, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/647,396, filed on May 15, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/554,429, filed on Nov. 1, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386571 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0076 (2013.01) [A61F 5/0079 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intragastric device comprising:
an elongated member having a proximal end and a distal end; and
an anchor connected to the elongated member, the anchor comprising:
a stem having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the stem attached to the proximal end of the elongated member;
a first arch and a second arch, each arch having a general U-shape with a first leg and a second leg and a proximal peak therebetween, the first leg of the first arch is connected to the stem and the first leg of the second arch is continuous with, the proximal end of the stem, and the second legs of each arch are located radially away from the stem; and
a curvilinear element being continuous with the second legs of the first and second arches, wherein the first and second arches, the stem and the curvilinear element are formed as a continuous single wire.