CN203408137U

CN203408137U - Balloon device for losing weight and alleviating symptoms

Info

Publication number: CN203408137U
Application number: CN201320370954.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汉斯·葛根森
Original assignee: HANSGREGERSEN
Current assignee: HANSGREGERSEN
Priority date: 2013-06-26
Filing date: 2013-06-26
Publication date: 2014-01-29
Anticipated expiration: 2023-06-26

Abstract

The utility model relates to a balloon device for losing weight and alleviating symptoms. The balloon device comprises an air bag arranged in a hollow body organ, wherein the air bag consists of two chambers and a connecting pipe, and liquid or gas can flow between the two chambers; an outlet/inlet port is formed in the air bag to be used as an opening through which the liquid or gas flows in or out of the balloon device, and the capacity of air bag is variable when the liquid or gas flows inside or outside the air bag through the port. In the preferred embodiment, the chambers of the air bag can be controlled by mechanical feedback through a computer and a pump. The pump between the chambers is controllable, and can pump the fluid in one chamber to the other chamber and even counteract a pressure gradient. The chambers of the air bag are adjustable, accordingly, in a preferred embodiment, the purpose is achieved by controlling the flow of fluid between the chambers.

Description

A kind of for losing weight and the balloon apparatus of mitigation symptoms

Technical field

This utility model belongs to medical instruments field, is specifically related to a kind of for losing weight and the balloon apparatus of mitigation symptoms.

Background technology

For many years, obesity has become one of American-European main health problem of puzzlement.In China, the sickness rate of obesity is also more and more higher, according to the report of World Health Organization (WHO), obesity at the sickness rate of whole country lower than 5%, but at some metropolitan sickness rate higher than 20%.At present, the obesity patient of China mainly concentrates on fast food culture and the universal big city of internationalizing.Because Chinese population base is very large, so 1/5th in the whole world 1,000,000,000 obesity patients are from China.

The statistics of ministry of Health of China shows, compares with before 30 years, and the average height of living in the Chinese boy about 6 years old in city has increased by 2.5 inches and average weight has increased by 6.6 pounds.The foremost children's health problem scholar of China, professor Ji Chengye declares: China has entered the obesity epoch, and the growth rate of overweight people's quantity is surprising.A lot of obesity patients are by too early diabetes and the cardiovascular disease being caused by obesity of dying from.Therefore, the market growth speed of bariatrician and potentiality are all very large.Although operation and Drug therapy can help treatment fat, often inreal success.And have a large amount of obesity patients to be unwilling to be treated surgically.If can delay gastric emptying by nonoperative method, can reach the object that obesity patient is lost weight.The related equipment of this utility model and method are based on a kind of like this theory.

Summary of the invention

This utility model relates to two problems, fat and due to the caused symptom of delayed gastric emptying.The very common ， of the obesity U.S. surpasses 30% population overweight.Obesity can cause other diseases, as diabetes and heart failure.There is the fat measure of many treatments.From Diet Therapy to various Drug therapys, Microendoscopic is placed an airbag or balloon in stomach, and surgical operation.For the solution of placing a full airbag in stomach, be that the volume patient who takies due to air bag has satiety based on such theory, therefore can eat less.Product on market has Spatz capable of regulating balloon (a kind of U.S. product, specifically can referring to website www.spatzmedical.com).Yet the shortcoming of Spatz balloon is that it must be adjusted balloon by a connection tube.In other words, it needs an additional measures to do like this.

Other patients, overweight people or non-overweight people may suffer from various internal organs symptoms.For example such symptom can be to relevant by the delayed gastric emptying due to chronic diabetes or other diseases.Generally agnogenio, in this case, it is called as function dyspepsia.Therefore, develop a device that can reduce this symptom, there is great interest.

The technical solution of the utility model comprises:

For a balloon apparatus of losing weight, comprise that is placed in the airbag in hollow organ in body, airbag is comprised of two chambers and a connection tube, and liquid or gas can flow between two chambers; Airbag is provided with outlet/ingress port, as the opening of liquid or gas turnover balloon apparatus; Liquid or gas by port when airbag intracavity flows outward, the capacity of airbag is variable.

Preferably, the capacity in airbag and its chamber can be controlled; In chamber, be provided with sensor, by sensor, from one or more positions of health hollow organ, measure relevant data; Also comprise the valve that is arranged at connection tube, by computer according to the unlatching of the Data Control valve of the sensor measurement that receives, to control flowing of liquid between the chamber of airbag or gas.

Preferably, a passage that can not be subsided runs through whole airbag, and lobe or pump are set in passage, thereby liquid or gas can be discharged from any one direction.

Preferably, chamber comprises prevent the device that slides in tract.

Preferably, prevent that the device sliding from being expansion instrument or capacity control device in tract.

Preferably, airbag is to be made by elastomeric material, also can be made by the harder material of quality, and in other words it can within reasonly be expanded, thereby avoids damaging stomach or small intestinal.

Preferably, sensor comprises the sensor for measuring distortion and power, the sensor of measurement fluid electrical impedance.

Preferably, for measuring the sensor of distortion and power, be selected from ultrasonic crystal, pressure transducer, the sensor of measuring electrical impedance in fluid is strain gauge.

Preferably, electronic building brick is wherein charged by replaceable rechargeable battery or charges by the mode of wireless transmission.

Preferably, chamber comprises prevent the device that slides in tract.

This utility model relates to and is placed on balloon of stomach or airbag (being referred to as airbag at this paper remainder).But it is not a kind of sack of normal meaning, it can have various shapes, and airbag contains one or more chambers, and the volume of each chamber can regulate and control it by changing mechanics variable, as pressure, and tension force (power) or strain (distortion).Therefore, each chamber has variable and controlled capacity and shape.Tension force roughly depends on pressure and the radius of airbag.In drawing process, produce normal strain, in compression process, produce negative strain.The calculating of strain is usually that (deformation length deducts reference length) is divided by reference length.

WO2007/081304A2 describes a stomach Belt-typing device, can expand its internal diameter by connecting a pump.Outside and interior arrangement can be used for regulating a part for this band.The main difference of this utility model and WO2007/081304A2 invention is, this utility model is for gastric portion, rather than stomach external device (ED), and the air bag system used of this utility model, but not external band regulates.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 shows the preferred embodiment of an air bag system.

Fig. 2 shows another preferred embodiment of an air bag system.

Fig. 3 shows the 3rd preferred embodiment of an air bag system.

Fig. 4 shows the 4th preferred embodiment of an air bag system.

Description of reference numerals: 1-chamber A, 2-chamber B, 3-connection tube, 4-pump, 5-electronic equipment, 6-pressure transducer, 7-is by the passage of airbag, 8-outlet/ingress port, 9-passage pump control device, 10-wire.

The specific embodiment

Below preferred embodiment of the present utility model is described, should be appreciated that preferred embodiment described herein is only for description and interpretation this utility model, and be not used in restriction this utility model.

Fig. 1-Fig. 4 has shown some preferred embodiments.This utility model is comprised of a scalable air bag system that contains one or more chambers, can have various shapes.

Fig. 1 shows the preferred embodiment of an air bag system, and it comprises that a large chamber A who is placed on gastric is placed on gastric antrum or enteral chamber B with another.Between two chambers, by a hollow connection tube 3, be connected, by a lobe or pump 4, control the distribution of liquid between two Room (A and B) or gas capacity.Application pump control system can arrive another chamber by the liquid of a chamber or gas extraction, thereby airbag capacity is regulated.Connection tube 3 preferably makes to guarantee that by plastic material it is not crushed, but connection tube also can consist of other materials.A little electronic equipment 5 is connected with the pressure transducer 6 in two chambers, and pressure transducer 6 is shown in chamber A, B.This setting can pressure measurement, thereby controls lobe or pump, or institute's measuring pressure is sent to external monitor by wireless mode.

In a preferred embodiment, airbag in inserting interested health hollow organ process or after, can be according to pressure, volume, strain or tension level are adjusted, even cross over the different piece of the system of hollow, as a part at stomach and another part at duodenum, or at the bottom of several positions of stomach are as stomach and gastric antrum.Preferred target organ is stomach, but it is applicable to any hollow organ.The size that the size of air bag system must be placed organ according to it is adjusted.In a preferred embodiment, airbag contains sensor, electronic equipment, and minicomputer and relative program, the latter is for determining the distribution of the liquid between different chamber in required variable and control airbag.In one embodiment, different chambers contain pressure transducer, and it can measure the pressure in chamber.Other sensors can be measured the capacity of each chamber, and it is for calculating radius, tension force and strain.The capacity of airbag and its different chamber, radius and girth can be measured by several method.For example: 1) ultrasonic based on AS pattern, the ultrasonic crystal measuring distance of placing by different spacing, 2) by electronically, measure the resistance of liquid in airbag and the conductivity on airbag surface, and 3) deformeter.Certainly also has additive method.

Fig. 2-Fig. 4 shows other several examples of preferred embodiment.In the embodiment of accompanying drawing 2, liquid or gas distribute on the basis of the mobile principle of fluid, and it depends on such as the resistance in the pressure of two chambers and size and connection tube.In the embodiment with pump and sensor, a battery provides energy to pump and sensor.Battery can charge repeatedly by external wireless mode or by the conduit in being temporarily placed on.Pressure, tension force, strain and other parameters, as the data of flexibility state, are sent to external recorder continuously or off and on by wireless mode.Before placing airbag, during or afterwards, operator also can change the setting of computer.This controls permission to many parameters, as the tension force of certain hour span is averaged to processing.In one embodiment, patient uses a feedback system can give air bag system certain control, the symptom of for example experiencing according to oneself.

Fig. 3 shows the 3rd preferred embodiment of an air bag system, and it is comprised of two chambers (1 and 2) and a connection tube 3, and liquid or gas can move freely between two Room.Connection tube 3 preferably makes to guarantee that by plastic material it is not subsided, but conduit also can consist of other materials.Diagram Reference numeral 8 is as the opening of liquid or gas turnover gas-bag system.Under standard state, it is closed, but also it can be connected with a conduit for pressurising or get rid of unnecessary liquid or gas.

Fluid in airbag can be liquid or gas.Do not use pump, the gas-bag system that replaces can contain its device for changing air bag system power and shape.For example, it can be by artificial-muscle, after charging, can shrink, or controllable spring or the actuator on inside or the surface of airbag chamber, placed.The shape of air bag system is determined with its function.For example for a chamber at another chamber of harmonization of the stomach at duodenal air bag system, should have a kind of method to guarantee that it does not glide by pylorus, and prevent that further down sliding from entering small intestinal.Such method can be a control system, and it can guarantee the minimum capacity of the airbag of stomach, or makes a dilatometer and put into airbag.In a similar fashion, duodenal air bag system also can, with a dilatometer, to keep its minimum capacity, thereby guarantee that it does not slip into stomach.As an embodiment, ID airbag can be the bag of one or several long cylinder shape, and it can extend downward small intestinal.This holds a lot of capacity by permission in 12 finger chambers.This function is very important and is first-selected, because stomach is more much bigger than duodenum, therefore must consider that capacity is in the distribution of two organs.

, as shown in Figure 4, in air bag system, do not comprise a fixed volume, but can be from around accepting liquid or gas around or being discharged to, the pump of passage shown in figure control device 9 and by the passage 7 of airbag.In the preferred embodiment of Fig. 4, it is comprised of two chambers (1 and 2).In this special embodiment, a passage 7 that can not be subsided runs through whole air bag system.This setting allows that liquid or gas pass through from stomach to small intestinal in inside rather than the outside of air bag.Because passage may have the probability of being stopped up by food or other material, thereby so in passage, can have lobe or pump liquid or gas can be discharged from any one direction; Passage one end is opened on stomach, and the other end is opened on small intestinal, so can discharge.In a preferred embodiment, in the passage that can not subside that lobe system or passage pump control device 9 are held in place in gastropyloric air bag.

, air bag system has with one or several across the passage that passes through airbag or its chamber.Fig. 4 has shown that a passage is through the preference of airbag.Passage can be conducive to food and liquid content from a health hollow organ's a part to another part, preferably from stomach to intestinal in, to prevent delayed gastric emptying.For passage is not formed to grumeleuse with food content, the passage that system should comprise cleans mechanism such as pump, or allows tube wall motion around to help emptying passage.Passage also can contain a valve, to guarantee to flow, only occurs in one direction.

Finally it should be noted that: the foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present utility model, be not limited to this utility model, although this utility model is had been described in detail with reference to previous embodiment, for a person skilled in the art, its technical scheme that still can record aforementioned each embodiment is modified, or part technical characterictic is wherein equal to replacement.All within spirit of the present utility model and principle, any modification of doing, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., within all should being included in protection domain of the present utility model.

Claims

1. the balloon apparatus for losing weight, is characterized in that: comprise that is placed in the airbag in hollow organ in body, airbag is comprised of two chambers and a connection tube, and liquid or gas can flow between two chambers; Airbag is provided with outlet/ingress port, as the opening of liquid or gas turnover balloon apparatus; Liquid or gas by port when airbag intracavity flows outward, the capacity of airbag is variable.

2. device according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the capacity in airbag and its chamber can be controlled; In chamber, be provided with sensor, by sensor, from one or more positions of health hollow organ, measure relevant data; Also comprise the valve that is arranged at connection tube, by computer according to the unlatching of the measurement data by-pass valve control of the sensor that receives, to control flowing of liquid between the chamber of airbag or gas.

3. device according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that: a passage that can not be subsided runs through whole airbag, and lobe or pump are set in passage, thereby liquid or gas can be discharged from any one direction.

4. device according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that: chamber comprises prevent the device that slides in tract.

5. device according to claim 4, is characterized in that: prevent that the device sliding from being expansion instrument or capacity control device in tract.

6. according to the device described in claim 1 or 2 or 5, it is characterized in that: airbag is to be made by elastomeric material, or made by the harder material of quality, in other words it can within reasonly be expanded, thereby avoids damaging stomach or small intestinal.

7. according to the device described in claim 1 or 2 or 5, it is characterized in that: sensor comprises the sensor for measuring distortion and power, the sensor of measurement fluid electrical impedance.

8. device according to claim 7, is characterized in that: for measuring the sensor of distortion and power, be selected from ultrasonic crystal, pressure transducer, the sensor of measuring electrical impedance in fluid is strain gauge.

9. according to the device described in claim 2 or 8, it is characterized in that: electronic building brick is wherein charged by replaceable rechargeable battery or charges by the mode of wireless transmission.

10. device according to claim 3, is characterized in that: chamber comprises prevent the device that slides in tract.