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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Applicant:
Frederick L. Coe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Frederick L. Coe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0066 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0001 (2013.01); A61F 5/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A remotely controllable gastric banding device () for placement around the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity. The device () comprises a gastric band () having an inflatable chamber () for adjusting the inner circumference of the band (), a pressurized reservoir () with a valve () for providing fluid to inflate the inflation chamber (), a valve () for releasing fluid from the inflatable chamber (), and a controller () for controlling the valves (). The controller () is remotely controllable from outside the patient.