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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Jerome Dargent, Lyons, FR;
Bernard Greillier, Lyons, FR;
Sofradim Production, Trevoux, FR;
Abstract
Constriction device ( ) which can be at least partially implanted in the human or animal body, comprising a constriction member ( ) forming a ring in its operational configuration, said constriction member including a flexible band ( ), of which the two ends ( ) are adjacent to one another in the operational configuration, and a means ( ) for actuating the constriction member, characterized in that, in cooperation, on the one hand, at least one end ( ) of the flexible band ( ) includes a tractile element ( ) for moving said end relative to the other end ( ), generating a radial deformation of the constriction member, and, on the other hand, the actuating means ( ) comprises a member ( ) for pulling the tractile element ( ).
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