(19)
(11)EP 3 284 504 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
27.06.2018 Bulletin 2018/26

(43)Date of publication A2:
21.02.2018 Bulletin 2018/08

(21)Application number: 17192067.1

(22)Date of filing:  21.01.2011
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61M 29/04(2006.01)
A61M 25/10(2013.01)
A61M 31/00(2006.01)
A61M 39/22(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(62)Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
16176405.5 / 3117865
11856347.7 / 2665512

(71)Applicant: Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.
Carlsbad CA 92008 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • BRISTER, Mark C.
    Carlsbad, California 92024 (US)
  • FAUCHER, Paul D.
    Escondido, California 92029 (US)
  • DRAKE, Neil R.
    San Diego, California 92129 (US)
  • RASDAL, Andrew P.
    San Diego, California 92130 (US)
  • LAKE, Matthew S.
    Carlsbad, California 92010 (US)
  • MARKOVIC, Dubravka
    Carlsbad, California 92009 (US)
  • VANDENBERG, Amy D. I.
    San Diego, California 92127 (US)
  • LLEVARES, Antonio
    Chula Vista, California 91910 (US)
  • NIDER, Josefina
    San Diego, California 92126 (US)

(74)Representative: Boult Wade Tennant 
Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

  


(54)INTRAGASTRIC DEVICE


(57) The present invention provides an intragastric volume-occupying device system, comprising a capsule configured to be swallowable by normal peristalsis and to degrade in a gastric environment. The system further comprises a volume-occupying component compacted and contained within the capsule, the volume-occupying component comprises a composite wall defining an outer surface and an interior cavity with an inner surface, a self-sealing valve system including a septum, and a deflation component including an erodible portion, a moisture absorbing expandable portion and an inlet port in fluid communication with the interior cavity. The system further comprises a catheter coupled to the valve system, the catheter comprising: a lumen in fluid communication with the interior cavity of the volume-occupying component, wherein the lumen is configured for filling the balloon interior cavity with an inflation fluid.







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