Technology
In November 2004 Eatlittle Inc., the manufacturing company of EatLittle™ registered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, filed its first patent (in a series of patents) which teaches the art of forming a temporary, permeable, controllable pseudobezoar for non-invasive, long-term sustainable gastric volume reduction in humans.
Bezoars, the inspiration for this invention, are rare volume-taking foreign bodies existing in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, which are usually formed after systematic ingestion of hair (tricho-bezoars), some fruits or vegetables of high and specific fiber content such as persimmons (phyto-bezoars) or as a result of ingestion of substances and objects that cannot easily pass through the sphincters of the gastrointestinal tract (pica). Bezoars formed in the stomach and/or the intestines have been known to induce early satiety.
Based on its proprietary technology, EatLittle Inc. has completed the development of its first product, EatLittle™, which is a temporary, permeable and controllable pseudobezoar for non-invasive, long-term sustainable gastric volume reduction.