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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Ethan Franklin, Goleta, CA (US);
Sean Snow, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Erik Torjesen, Goleta, CA (US);
Justin J. Schwab, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Zachary P. Dominguez, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ethan Franklin, Goleta, CA (US);
Sean Snow, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Erik Torjesen, Goleta, CA (US);
Justin J. Schwab, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Zachary P. Dominguez, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Generally described herein are automatic, self-adjusting, gastric banding systems and improvements thereof, that are capable of automatically relaxing and contracting in response to a large bolus passing through the area of a patient's stomach constricted by a gastric band. Alternatively, and/or in addition in one or more embodiments, the gastric banding systems described herein may also help prevent pouch dilatation and/or erosion. The apparatus and systems described herein aid in facilitating obesity control and/or treating obesity-related diseases while generally being non-invasive once implanted. Furthermore, certain embodiments of the self-adjusting gastric banding systems disclosed herein are automatically adjustable without complicated fluid control mechanisms, flow rate limiting devices, and/or valves. The automatic adjustments may also be made in response to other changes in the patient's esophageal-gastric junction, for example, in response to size, shape, and or location changes.