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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1985
Lubomyr I Kuzmak, Newark, NJ (US);
Robert E Hoyt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A calibrating apparatus adapted to be inserted into and proceeded within the stomach of human body which includes a single-lumen tubing terminating in a proximal portion and a distal tip each of which have an orifice and wherein the single-lumen tubing has a first opening extending therethrough which is located at a selected distance from the proximal portion and a second opening which extends therethrough and which is located a predetermined distance from the distal tip, an elongated, thin-walled sensor having a circular-cross section and a cavity within the interior thereof and which is operatively coupled in a sealing relationship to the distal tip wherein the thin-walled sensor is capable of having its cross-sectional diameter varied in response to a force applied to the exterior of the sensor to vary the pressure of a fluid within the cavity, a balloon surrounding the exterior of said single-lumen tubing at the preselected location which encloses the second opening and an elongated tubing member which extends through the single-lumen tubing, through the first opening and into communication with the second opening is shown. A method for performing a gastric banding operation on the stomach of a human being utilizing the calibrating apparatus is also shown.