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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Mike Augarten, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0059 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 5/003 (2013.01); A61F 5/0013 (2013.01); A61F 5/0056 (2013.01); A61M 39/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0226 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0238 (2013.01); A61M 2205/215 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2205/82 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1053 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides for an access port configured to detect its tilt within the body to facilitate a physician's access thereto. The access port can include a tilt detector to detect tilt datum, and a display screen to display the tilt of the access port. In addition, the tilt detector and the display screen can indicate whether the access port is flipped or not. The tilt detector can include an accelerometer to aid in determining the tilt of the access port.