An apparatus and method comprising at least one intragastric member
comprising a curvilinear axis which extends about and along a central
axis of an intragastric device or artificial bezoar made of a
digestive-resistant or substantially indigestible material that is
introduced into the gastric lumen of a mammal for the treatment of
obesity. One or more intragastric members are loaded onto an outer
delivery tube in a partially compacted first configuration and delivered
to an overtube. The overtube includes a proximal end, a distal end and a
main lumen configured to receive the intragastric member in the first
configuration for delivery to the gastric lumen wherein the intragastric
member is expanded to a second configuration.