Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding device and method for implantation and removal thereof
CA 2107629 C · Owner: Kuzmak, Lubomyr I. · Inventors: Kuzmak, Lubomyr I.
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30- An adjustable gastric banding device for regulating the size of a stoma opening in the stomach of a patient includes an elongate band portion that encircles the stomach so as to limit the food intake by the digestive portion of the stomach. The device can be readily implanted and removed using laparoscopic procedures. A locking element protruding from a location near the distal end of the encircling band portion is inserted into a slot formed in a receiving segment at an intermediate location along the encircling band portion so as to form a circle or loop of fixed diameter. The receiving segment has a thickness which is greater than the thickness of the encircling band portion and of …
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- Filed October 4, 1993 and granted December 21, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 4, 2013.
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