An intragastric member and method of delivery thereof are described.
Delivery of the intragastric member is enabled by partitioning the
intragastric member into discrete bundles with retaining members that are
circumferentially disposed along the longitudinal length of the
intragastric member. Formation of the intragastric member into bundles
facilitates controlled delivery into the gastric lumen. The use of suture
ties enables deployment of the intragastric member into the gastric
lumen. The distal ends of the suture ties are affixed to the bundles.
Pulling on the proximal free end of each of the suture ties enables the
corresponding bundles to be advanced distally along a delivery tube. The
suture ties are pulled until each of the bundles slide off from the
delivery tube and enter into the gastric lumen