US 12,403,026 B2
Valve with docking station for gastrointestinal balloon
Jeffrey Brooks, Ra'anana (IL); and Sharon Dinar, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Spatz FGIA, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by Spatz FGIA, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/723,446.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/784,106, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0197206 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0043 (2013.01) [A61F 5/003 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve assembly for a gastrointestinal balloon, the valve assembly comprising:
a valve formed of a self-sealing material, the valve having a first end, and a second end, and a valve opening extending from the first end to the second end;
a spacer located at the first end of the valve, the spacer having a first spacer opening and at least one second spacer opening; and
an attachment configured to extend through the first spacer opening and the valve opening, the attachment having an anchor configured to be located within the gastrointestinal balloon and configured to prevent removal of the attachment from the first spacer opening and the valve opening,
wherein, when in an open condition, the valve is configured to allow fluid flow through the at least one second spacer opening and, in a closed condition, the valve is configured to prevent fluid flow through the at least one second spacer opening.