147 results about "Gastric cavity" patented technology

A medical system (100) for the treatment of morbid obesity comprising an inflatable balloon (110) implanted in a gastric cavity, a percutaneous fillant delivery tube (120) and a control module (130) connected to the tube for regulating the inflation and deflation of the balloon. The balloon may be individually contoured and inflated to occupy a large volume of the gastric cavity to provide a feeling of satiety. The balloon may also be deflated to give the gastric cavity lining a rest during less critical time.

A method for treating obesity by reducing the volume and/or alter the functioning of the gastric cavity to limit food consumption and induce early satiety. The method includes accessing the cavity endoscopically to visualize the interior of the cavity. The peritoneal cavity is accessed through a small incision in the abdominal wall. Using endoscopic visualization, suture anchoring devices are introduced into the peritoneal cavity through the incision and deployed from the exterior surface through the gastric cavity wall. Suture from pairs of the anchoring devices is drawn through the gastric cavity wall and tightened outside of the cavity to form a serosa to serosa plication. Any number of plications may be formed in the cavity wall and the contacting tissue within a plication may be treated to promote healing and a more durable bond.

The invention discloses a Chinese medicine composite for treating chronic gastritis and a preparation method thereof. The Chinese medicine composite mainly comprises the following active pharmaceutical ingredients: medicated leaven, fructus hordei germinatus, radish seed, pericarpium citri reticulatae, rhizoma cyperi, rhizoma dioscoreae, fructus aurantii immaturus, jobstears seed, lignum dalbergiae odoriferae, grassleaf sweetflag rhizome, cortex magnoliae officinalis, styrax, tuckahoe, fructus amomi, radix et rhizoma rhei, semen pruni, radix trichosanthis, rhizoma coptidis, honeysuckle flower, dandelion, radix scrophulariae, largehead atractylodes rhizome, radix paeoniae alba, medicated leaven, radix angelicae sinensis and rhizoma corydalis, and the like. The Chinese medicine composite can be prepared to be any common oral preparation according to the conventional Chinese medicine preparation method. The Chinese medicine composite can obviously improve gas pain in the gastric cavity, decreased food appetite, fullness after dinner, sour regurgitation, stuffiness in chest and abdomen, heartburn, feverish dysphoria, gastric upset, fatigue, dry pharynx, stomach ache due to too hungry and full, infantile atrophy and the like, which has definite clinical effect, obvious curative effect and fast desired effect. The Chinese medicine composite also has the advantages of low cost, basically no toxic side effect and the like.

Devices and methods are provided for forming one or more plications in the walls of a body cavity. In particular, endoscopic devices and methods are provided for forming and/or securing endoluminal tissue folds to reduce the volume of the gastric cavity. An end effector that includes a tissue receiving cavity can be delivered to a desired surgical site to allow a tissue fold to be formed within the tissue receiving cavity. A fastener can be used to secure the adjacent layers of tissue that form the tissue fold. The tissue folds can be effective to limit the stomach's capacity and create a feeling of satiety.

Residence structures, systems, and related methods are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise administering (e.g., orally) a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. The residence structure may be, in some cases, a gastric residence structure. In some embodiments, the structures and systems described herein comprise one or more materials configured for high levels of active substances (e.g., a therapeutic agent) loading, high active substance and/or structure stability in acidic environments, mechanical flexibility and strength in an internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), easy passage through the GI tract until delivery to at a desired internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), and/or rapid dissolution/degradation in a physiological environment (e.g., intestinal environment) and/or in response to a chemical stimulant (e.g., ingestion of a solution that induces rapid dissolution/degradation). In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance (e.g., a therapeutic agent), and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade such that the residence structure breaks apart and is released from the location internally of the subject after a predetermined amount of time.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine for helping digestion and nourishing the stomach. The traditional Chinese medicine comprises the following components by weight part: 1 to 1.4 parts of bran sauted atractylis ovata, 0.6 to 1 part of tuckahoe, 0.6 to 1 part of vinegar sauted rhizome cyperi, 0.6 to 1 part of fructus amomi, 0.6 to 1 part of sauted rhizome atractylodis, 0.6 to 1 part of ginger roasted officinal magnolia bark, 1.4 to 1.8 parts of dried orange peel, 0.1 to 0.5 part of licorice, 0.1 to 0.5 part of elecampane, 0.6 to 1 part of fructus crataegi cuneatae, 0.6 to 1 part of bran sauted medicated leaven, 0.6 to 1 part of coloured malt, 0.6 to 1 part of ageratum, 0.2 to 0.6 part of sauted radish seed, 0.6 to 1 part of bran sauted core-removed bitter orange, 0.2 to 0.6 part of pinellia ternate, and 0.2 to 0.6 part of reed removed radix codonopsitis. The components are processed into the medicine according to a specific production method. The traditional Chinese medicine not only has the functions of harmonizing the stomach and preventing or stopping vomiting, relieving qi and widening chest, and treating insufficiency of the stomach and spleen and the gastric cavity pain caused by indigestion, but also has the function of nourishing the stomach, and heals gastrosis radically; and the effective rate is more than 98 percent, and the cure rate reaches 88.6 percent.

Residence structures, systems, and related methods are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise administering (e.g., orally) a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. The residence structure may be, in some cases, a gastric residence structure. In some embodiments, the structures and systems described herein comprise one or more materials configured for high levels of active substances (e.g., a therapeutic agent) loading, high active substance and/or structure stability in acidic environments, mechanical flexibility and strength in an internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), easy passage through the GI tract until delivery to at a desired internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), and/or rapid dissolution/degradation in a physiological environment (e.g., intestinal environment) and/or in response to a chemical stimulant (e.g., ingestion of a solution that induces rapid dissolution/degradation). In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance (e.g., a therapeutic agent), and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade such that the residence structure breaks apart and is released from the location internally of the subject after a predetermined amount of time.

A restriction system for joining anterior and posterior walls of a gastric cavity in the performance of the gastric reduction surgery includes a first restriction ring and a second restriction ring shaped and dimensioned for engagement with the first restriction ring for effectively decreasing the volume available within the gastric cavity.

A method for endoscopically preventing insufflation of the small bowel during gastric procedures includes applying an obstruction member at the pyloric sphincter to block the passage of gas from the gastric cavity into the small bowel and insufflating the gastric cavity.

The invention provides a wine decanting and hangover-preventing bevera traditional Chinese medicine extracting solution which is prepared by hawthorn extracting solution, traditional Chinese medicine extracting solution, vitamins and water, wherein the traditional Chinese medicine extracting solution is prepared through extracting semen hoveniae, pueraria lobata ohwi, poria cocos, semen cassiae, chrysanthemi, mint and hericium erinaceus; and the mass ratio of the hawthorn extracting solution to the traditional Chinese medicine extracting solution to the vitamins is (10-30) to (23-80) to (1-2). The hawthorn extracting solution has the effects of improving digestion, promoting qi circulation and removing obstruction in the collateral, gastral cavity bellying and the like; semen hoveniae has the effects of quenching thirst, relieving restlessness, eliminating dampness and heat and relieving alcoholism, and can be used for eliminating alcoholism, vomiting and difficulty in urination and defecation; pueraria lobata ohwi has the effects of powerfully alleviating hangover, clearing heat, relieving internal heat or fever, protecting liver, keeping young and tonifying kidney; poria cocos has the effects of clearing damp and promoting diuresis, tonifying spleen and calming nerves, and eliminating malaise; semen cassiae has the effects of clearing heat and improving eyesight, lubricating intestines and relaxing bowels, alleviating liver heat and headache; chrysanthemi has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, improving eyesight, relieving headache and dizziness; the mint has the effects of dispelling wind-heat and clearing throats; and hericium erinaceus has good effects of helping digestion, benefiting five organs, relieving pain, and alleviate gastric ulcer.

An enteral tube includes a built-in Gastric Residual Volume (GRV) detection sensor at the distal end and a GRV indicating device at the proximal end for indicating the current GRV without requiring the aspiration of any stomach contents. The enteral tube with integrated GRV detection sensor is flexible and long enough to be looped around within the stomach. Weights may be employed to keep the sensor located generally at the lowest portion of the gastric cavity. The GRV detection sensor may include a sealed air column terminating with a flexible membrane. When the enteral tube and sealed air column are inserted into the stomach and submerged in gastric contents, pressure is exerted against the flexible membrane, and therefore against the sealed air column. A pressure sensor detects the pressure within the sealed air column and provides a signal or level representative of the amount of gastric contents in the stomach.

The invention relates to a gastric lavage device for the digestive department and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. The gastric lavage device for the digestive department comprises a machine body, a washing tank, a waste liquid tank and a combined stomach tube. A movable base is arranged on the lower side of the machine body, a power box is arranged on the upper side of the movable base, a standby power box is arranged on the lower side of the power box, a charging converter is arranged on the upper side of the standby power box, a power case is arranged on the upper side of the charging converter, a controller is arranged on the upper side of the power box, a tool kit is arranged on the left side of the controller, a washing liquid adding port is formed in the upper side of the washing tank, a suction pump is arranged on the upper side of the waste liquid tank, a washing tube is arranged in the middle of the combined stomach tube, a waste liquid tube is arranged on the outer side of the washing tube, and a suction filter screen is arranged at the upper end of the waste liquid tube. The gastric lavage device is simple in structure and convenient to operate, the condition in the gastric cavity can be checked in real time, operating time is shortened, gastric lavage efficiency is improved, pain of a patient is relieved, medical risks are reduced, the size is small, movement is convenient, and the device can be conveniently operated by medical staff.

A method of insufflating the interior of a gastric cavity of a patient by accessing the gastric cavity of a patient, sealing the pyloric sphincter so as to prevent passage of fluids therethrough, and introducing a fluid within said gastric cavity proximal to the pyloric sphincter.

There are described a simple examination method of infection with Helicobacter pylori possibly presenting in a gastric mucosa, and a device therefor. The examination is conducted by collecting gas in gastric cavity, and measuring mainly ammonia and additionally organic amines which are generated due to activities of the bacilli. The measurement is carried out by leading the gas in gastric cavity into oral cavity by vomiting-reflex, and sucking the gas by a metering suction pump through a gas detection tube to read-out a length of color-changed area in the gas detection tube.

The invention provides a spleen-tonifying damp-clearing tea. The tea comprises poria cocos, phaseolus calcaratus, semen coicis, lotus seeds, rhizoma dioscoreae, sharpleaf galangal fruits, kelp, wrinkled gianthyssop herbs, herba portulacae, platycodon grandiflorus, white hyacinth beans, fructus amomi, radix liquiritiae and orange peel. The invention further provides a preparation method of the spleen-tonifying damp-clearing tea. The spleen-tonifying damp-clearing tea has good spleen-tonifying damp-clearing effects, has good treatment effects on the chest distress and discomfort or gastric cavity or abdominal distention caused by splenic asthenia and internal damp evil resistance, anorexia, difficult urination, sloppy diarrhea of excrement, white and thick coated tongue, slippery pulse and other symptoms, and particularly has an obvious improvement function on water-dampness retention, obesity and edema and other diseases caused by splenic asthenia.

The light capsule object of the present invention is an ingestible device designed to illuminate the gastric cavity of the stomach for therapeutic purposes directed against Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria. It comprises: a casing transparent to visible light, in turn containing punctiform light sources, preferably constituted by LEDs, positioned immediately under said casing and capable of emitting light at appropriate wavelength bands (preferably 405 nm and 630 nm); a battery, adapted to power the LED sources for approximately 20-30 minutes (the average transit time in the stomach); a switch which allows a delayed power on and allows the tablet to be still “off” when it is swallowed. The light emitted by the capsule strikes the H. pylori bacteria anchored on the gastric wall. The light radiation is preferentially absorbed by molecules of porphyrin produced by the bacterium which works as photosensitizing agent by inducing the formation of cytotoxic molecular species.

The invention discloses a medicine for treating superficial gastritis. The medicine is a green pure Chinese herbal medicine compound preparation which is prepared from the following components: radix codonopsitis, radix astragali, angelica, rhizoma cyperi, radix aucklandiae, magnolia officinalis, fructus aurantii, syzygium aromaticum, maticated leaven, dried orange peel, poria cocos, liquorice, endothelium corneum gigeriae galli, corydalis tuber, gentianella, white atractylodes rhizome, radish seed, chrysoidine, rhizoma coptidis, vermilion and the like. The medicine has the effects of arresting vomiting by using stomachics, relieving depression and pain, strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, and tonifying qi and harmonizing stomach, is quick in taking effect, small in side effect, high in cure rate and economical, and can be used for treating liver depression and dyspeptic retention, expansion of both sides of the chest, gastric cavity sharp pain, eructation and acid regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, distaste for food and body fatigue.

The invention discloses an intraesophageal stent used for esophageal rupture and stomal leak plugging and relates to a hollow or tubular prosthesis which can be implanted into a body, in particular to the intraesophageal stent used for lower esophageal rupture and esophageal stomal leak plugging. The intraesophageal stent comprises a stent main body and a backflow prevention device, wherein the stent main body is made of a degradable material; the stomach end of the intraesophageal stent is provided with a dumb-bell-shaped fixed structure and an intragastric part; the dumb-bell-shaped fixed structure consists of a bulb of a dumb-bell and a notch part of the dumbbell; after the stent is implanted, the notch part of the dumb-bell is clamped at a cardia position or a gastroesophageal joint position; the intragastric part is a skirt-like opening extending and expanding into a gastric cavity from the notch part of the dumbbell; after the stent is implanted, the skirt-like opening is put in the gastric cavity, and an intragastric leak seal plugging structure is formed at the joint of esophagus and the stomach; the near end of the intraesophageal stent is provided with an anti-shifting line. The intraesophageal stent disclosed by the invention can be firmly fixed, so that the stent is effectively prevented from shifting; the expanding edge of the skirt-like opening of the intragastric part can play a role of stomal leak plugging, so that the phenomenon that gastric content flows back after the stent is implanted can be effectively prevented.

The invention discloses a medicament for treating chronic gastrointestinal tract diseases and a preparation method of the medicament. The medicament comprises vinegar-processed corydalis yanhusuo, vinegar-processed cyperus rotundus, dried tangerine peel, bran-parched atractylodes macrocephala, aucklandia lappa, fructus amomi, parched endothelium corneae gigeriae galli, bran-parched atractylodes lancea, parched hawthorn fruit, charred medicated leaven, dark malt, astragalus membranaceus, codonopsis pilosula, cuttlefish bone, calcined concha ostreae, roasted fructus aurantii immaturus, coptis chinensis and honey-fried licorice root. The preparation method is simple. With the compatibility of the above medicinal materials, the whole formulation has the effects of promoting Qi circulation to relieve pain, invigorating the spleen and stomach and promoting digestion to eliminate food stagnation, is used for relieving the syndrome of weakness of the spleen and stomach, manifested by the symptoms of gastric distention, pain of the chest, hypochondrium and belly, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, is suitable for treating gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer and the like, achieves the effect of treating both symptoms and root causes of a disease, and can not only effectively relieve the patient's discomforts but also eliminate pathogenic causes by invigorating the spleen and stomach, with no recurrence.

The invention provides a Chinese medicine preparation for treating gastropathy, which has great treatment effect on the symptoms of discomfort of stomach gastric cavity, pain, distended abdomen after meal, acid regurgitation, nausea, emesis, etc. Based on the extensive and profound traditional theory of Chinese medicine, the preparation is prepared by well-chosening glossy ganoderma, salep, costus root, flos albiziae, amomum, fleece-flower root, oyster, panax notoginseng, Chinese fevervine, tuber pinellia, shizandra berry, earthworm, frankincense, sepium, liquorice, spiked gingerlily fruit, aloe, Pharbitis hederacea L., endothelium corneum gigeriae galli, magnolia officinalis, rhubarb, ophiopogon root and bulbus fritilariae. The preparation has the advantages of convenient preparation, quick desired effect, no adverse effect and adverse reaction after taking the medicine. Therefore, the wide popularization of the Chinese medicine preparation has great social benefits and economic benefits.