Mumbai: Can the device control the blood flow in such a way that someone loses weight? The head of one of the most prestigious medical schools in the country, Kem Hospital in Parel, recently received a patent for such a concept from the US patent office.
Dean Dr.
Hemant Deshmukh, a radiologist intervention, thinking about the device while repairing blood vessels which narrowed around the small intestine.
Cardiologists repair ships that narrow around the heart and radiologists Interventions are trained to improve vessels in other parts of the body such as the brain, lungs, feet and stomach, among others, to prevent strokes and gangrene.
“The flow-resistant device itself, the blood flow we design is about the idea formed,” Dr.
Deshmukh, who has done thousands of intervention procedures.
said.
“As an interventional radiologist, we treat arteries and veins by opening or close them as a demanding situation,” he said.
What is not famous is that plaque buildup does not only affect the heart vessels but even vessels in the stomach.
When the superior mesenteric artery that supplies blood to the small intestine develops blockages, patients begin to suffer from “abdominal angina”.
“Patients developed this angina every time he ate.
As a result, they developed fear of food and avoided it, causing a weight loss of 10 to 20kg,” said Dr.
Deshmukh.
Medical literature mentions several patients such as developing Cibophobia, which are defined as fears food.
this connection between blocked mesenteric arteries, cibophobia and weight loss that he, along with Dr.
Krikumumar Rathod, works.
“We feel we can narrow the mesenteric arteries in fat people by introducing a device like a stent that will trigger weight loss,” He said.
The narrow arteries induced Cibophobia, which in turn, caused weight loss.
The doctors apply for a patent in April 2016, and got it earlier this month.
The device designed is 8mm in diameter, shaped like a glass of one hour, and the length is 15-20mm.
“We must now compile the shipping system, make prototes PE and plan animal studies, “he said.
These steps need to be followed before human trials.
A senior surgeon discussed by Toi to say deliberately narrowed the arteries with the device could trigger lumps.
“When unhealthy fat people usually suffer from diabetes or hypertension, introducing such a device needs to be well thought out,” said a bariatric surgeon who did not want to be identified.
Other doctors say the idea that sounds good on paper may not always function in practice.DR Dishmukh said the device was quoted in a patent document with “obesity reduction purposes”, it could be used as a bridge treatment before fat patients experiencing body weight – loose bariatric surgery.
“This will help them lose 10-20kg in a few weeks and can be removed afterwards,” he added.
The team also studied its utility in managing heart disease.