Remote monitoring and adjustment of a food intake restriction device
CA 2548263 C · Owner: Hassler, William L. Jr. · Inventors: Hassler, William L. Jr.
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A bi-directional communication system for use with a restrictive opening device implanted within a patient. The system includes a sensor for measuring an operational parameter within the restrictive opening device. The system further includes a means for communicating a measured parameter data from the sensor means to a local unit external to the patient. The system further includes a base unit at a remote location from the patient the base unit including user interface means for evaluating the measured parameter data. And a communication link between the local and base units for transmitting data between the units the transmitted data including the measured parameter data.
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- Filed May 26, 2006 and granted January 21, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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