Adjustable Gastric Bypass Apparatus with Inflatable Regulators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gastric bypass surgeries lack adjustable and reversible options, leading to potential nutritional deficiencies and complications, especially during pregnancy or when rapid weight loss and health improvements are needed, as they result in permanent alterations to the gastrointestinal tract.
Innovation Solution
A gastric bypass apparatus with a primary and bypass conduit system, featuring inflatable regulators that control flow profiles, allowing for adjustable and reversible gastric bypass configurations by altering the flow of food through the primary and bypass passages, enabling flexible nutritional intake management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If gastric bypass surgery is performed to achieve significant weight loss, then weight loss effectiveness is improved, but nutritional intake flexibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by creating an adjustable gastric bypass system where the bypass conduit can be dynamically opened or closed using an inflatable regulator. This allows the system to transition between different states (bypass active/inactive) rather than being fixed, enabling patients to adjust their nutritional intake flexibility based on changing needs while maintaining weight loss effectiveness when the bypass is active.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by modifying the flow characteristics through the bypass conduit using an inflatable regulator that can alter the degree of opening or closing. This allows continuous adjustment of the bypass parameter from fully open to fully closed, enabling the system to adapt to different nutritional requirements while preserving the weight loss benefits when needed.
2Speed
If gastric bypass surgery is performed to achieve rapid health improvements, then weight loss rate is improved, but reversibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by replacing the permanent surgical alteration with a dynamic, adjustable system. The inflatable regulator allows the bypass to be quickly activated or deactivated without requiring additional surgery, making the system reversible and adaptable to changing health conditions such as pregnancy or nutritional deficiencies while maintaining rapid weight loss capability when activated.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the bypass function from a permanent surgical modification and isolates it into a removable, adjustable component (the inflatable regulator system). This allows the bypass functionality to be taken out or deactivated when no longer needed, providing reversibility while maintaining the ability to achieve rapid weight loss when the bypass is active.
3Quantity of substance
If gastric bypass surgery is performed to limit food intake, then caloric restriction is improved, but adjustability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by replacing the fixed caloric restriction of traditional gastric bypass with a dynamic system using an inflatable regulator. This regulator can be adjusted to change the degree of bypass activation, allowing patients to control their food intake limitation levels based on nutritional needs, pregnancy requirements, or other changing conditions while maintaining effective caloric restriction when needed.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus provides adjustable and potentially reversible gastric bypass, allowing for optimal weight loss and health benefits while accommodating varying nutritional needs, reducing complications associated with permanent gastric bypass surgeries.
Implementation Method 1
a primary regulator coupled to the primary passage and adjustable to control a primary flow profile from the input to the output of the primary passage
Implementation Method 2
a bypass regulator coupled to the bypass conduit and adjustable to control a bypass flow profile from the input to the output of the bypass conduit
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for gastric bypass is disclosed. The apparatus for gastric bypass includes a primary passage having an input and an output. The apparatus also includes a bypass conduit, coupled to the primary passage, having an input and an output, wherein the passage input is interspersed with the conduit input. The apparatus further has a primary regulator coupled to the primary passage and adjustable to control a primary flow profile from the input to the output of the primary passage. The apparatus also has a bypass regulator coupled to the bypass conduit and adjustable to control a bypass flow profile from the input to the output of the bypass conduit.