A space occupying device for deployment within a patient's stomach and
methods of deploying and removing the device. The device includes an
expandable member and fasteners, such as sutures, that extend to least
partially through the patient's stomach wall, and that anchor the device
with the patient's stomach. The device can be deployed and/or removed
through transesophageal approaches and/or through a combination of
transesophageal and transabdominal approaches.