IMPLANTABLE PROTHETIC DEVICE FOR WEIGHT LOSS OF AN OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT PATIENT COMPRISING AN INFLATABLE GASTRIC BALLOON AND A DUODENAL PROSTHESIS

摘要

The invention relates to a prosthetic device intended to be implanted in the digestive tract of a patient, said device comprising: an inflatable gastric balloon whose volume is adjustable; a pyloric prosthesis comprising a pre-pyloric collar and a flexible tubular body. According to the invention, such a device is characterized in that it comprises a system for attaching said balloon to said pyloric prosthesis, in that said pyloric prosthesis is compressible and expandable in a radial direction and in that said prosthesis has a outer wall which is secured, over at least a portion of its length, to a helical frame.