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7395822 Method and apparatus for adjustable sling for treatment of urinary stress incontinence  
An method and apparatus for an adjustable sling for treatment of urinary stress incontinence. The present system includes apparatus and methods for postoperative adjustment of sling tension using...
7367937 Gastric band  
A gastric band includes a balloon shaped and dimensioned to circumscribe the stomach at a predetermined location. The balloon includes a longitudinally extending body and a supply tube is secured...
7364540 Implantable device and method for adjustably restricting a body lumen  
An implantable device and method for adjustably restricting a selected body lumen such as the urethra of a patient to treat urinary incontinence. The device includes an expandable element or...
7351198 Implantable adjustable sphincter system  
An implantable adjustable sphincter system is comprised of a band configured to encircle a portion of an anatomical passageway, a manual pump, a reservoir in fluid communication with the pump, and...
7338433 Remotely adjustable gastric banding method  
A remotely controllable gastric banding device ( 10 ) for placement around the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity. The device ( 10 ) comprises a gastric band ( 10 ) having an...
7330753 Analysis of eating habits  
Diet evaluation gastric apparatus ( 18 ) is provided, which detects when a patient ( 10 ) swallows, and detects the type and amount of matter ingested. The apparatus includes electrodes ( 74, 100 )...
EP1217972B1 MEDICAL IMPLANT APPARATUS WITH WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSMISSION  
Abstract not available for EP1217972 Abstract of corresponding document: WO0112108 A medical implant apparatus include or use an energy transmission means for wireless transmission of energy of a...
7306614 Overtube apparatus for insertion into a body  
An overtube apparatus for insertion into a body is described herein. The assembly includes an overtube having a lumen defined throughout. The distal end of the overtube member has two or more...
EP1253887B1 CONTROLLED IMPOTENCE TREATMENT  
7288101 Obesity treatment tools and methods  
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to...
7288099 Obesity treatment tools and methods  
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to...
7238191 Surgical ring featuring a reversible diameter remote control system  
A surgical ring, designed to be implanted around biological organs comprising a pouch or a duct, so as, on the one hand, to form a closed loop between these two extremities ( 1, 2 ), thus forming a...
7235044 Hydraulic anal incontinence treatment  
An anal incontinence treatment apparatus and method includes and uses an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence. The restriction device engages the...
7229428 Method and device for use in endoscopic organ procedures  
A bypass conduit assembly is placed in a hollow body organ to route food and liquids past the hollow body organ. A flexible tubular member extends from a narrowed section through the hollow body...
7220237 Method and device for use in endoscopic organ procedures  
Methods and devices for use in tissue approximation and fixation are described herein. The present invention provides, in part, methods and devices for acquiring tissue folds in a circumferential...
7214233 Methods and devices for maintaining a space occupying device in a relatively fixed location within a stomach  
Methods and devices for maintaining a space-occupying device in a fixed relationship relative to a patient's stomach by manipulation of the stomach. In one variation, two or more regions of the...
7211094 Magnetic anchoring devices  
Magnetic anchoring devices are disclosed herein. Expandable devices that are inserted into the stomach of a patient are attached to its interior wall by magnetically coupling. Such expandable...
7179267 Apparatus and method for performing a bypass procedure in a digestive system  
Surgical instrumentation and methods for performing a bypass procedure in a digestive system incorporate laparoscopic techniques to minimize surgical trauma to the patient. The instrumentation...
7175638 Method and devices for modifying the function of a body organ  
Methods and devices for partitioning or plicating a region of a hollow body organ are described herein. These methods and devices relate generally to medical apparatus and methods and more...
EP1253883B1 Apparatus for treatment of heartburn and reflux-disease  
Abstract not available for EP1253883 Abstract of corresponding document: WO0147432 A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus comprises an operable restriction device (4) to be implanted...
7128750 Flow control method and device  
An arterio-venous graft ( 16 ) is provided with a constriction device ( 20 ) near its arterial end. The constriction device ( 20 ) is used to reduce the flow through the AV graft under normal...
7060080 Closure system for surgical ring  
A surgical ring ( 1 ) designed to be implanted around (a) biological organ(s), the ring ( 1 ) being formed by a flexible band ( 2 ) including a first and second extremity ( 3, 4 ), the flexible...
7017583 Food intake restriction with controlled wireless energy supply  
A food intake restriction apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch and a restricted...
7014606 Apparatus and method for inserting an adjustable implantable genitourinary device  
An implantable medical device and method for adjustably restricting a selected body lumen such as a urethra or ureter of a patient to treat urinary incontinence or ureteral reflux. The device...
EP1616538A1 Controlled penile prosthesis  
Abstract not available
EP1602346A1 Implantable adjustable sphincter system  
An implantable adjustable sphincter system is comprised of a band configured to encircle a portion of an anatomical passageway, a manual pump, a reservoir in fluid communication with the pump, and...
EP1593359A1 Heartburn and reflux disease treatment with wireles energy supply  
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus comprises an operable restriction device (4) to be implanted in a patient for engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the esophagus...
EP1591086A1 Heartburn and reflux disease treatment with wireless energy supply  
Abstract not available
EP1547549A2 Mechanically adjustable gastric band  
The present invention is a mechanically adjustable gastric band system for restricting food intake through the stomach of a patient. The adjustable gastric band system may be self-actuating or may...
6648911 Method and device for the treatment of vulnerable tissue site  
The present invention is directed to method and apparatus for treating vulnerable tissue sites, such as aneurysms in the abdominal area or in the thoracic cavity, and expanded tissues on various...
6503189 Controlled anal incontinence disease treatment  
An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus and method include and use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon or engaging the rectum to form a restricted...
6482145 Hydraulic anal incontinence treatment  
An anal incontinence treatment apparatus and method includes and uses an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence. The restriction device engages the...
6475136 Hydraulic heartburn and reflux treatment  
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus includes an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the esophagus to form a...
6471635 Anal incontinence disease treatment with controlled wireless energy supply  
A anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus and method include and use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon or engaging the rectum to form a restricted...
6470892 Mechanical heartburn and reflux treatment  
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus includes an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the esophagus to form a...
6464628 Mechanical anal incontinence  
An anal incontinence treatment apparatus includes an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence. The device engages a portion of the colon or rectum of...
6463935 Controlled heartburn and reflux disease treatment  
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus and method include and utilize: an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the...
6461293 Controlled food intake restriction  
A food intake restriction apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form a restricted stoma opening in...
6461292 Anal incontinence treatment with wireless energy supply  
An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus and method include and use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon or rectum to form a restricted. An energy...
6454701 Heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus with energy transfer device  
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus and method include or use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the...
6454700 Heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus with wireless energy supply  
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus and method employ an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the esophagus to...
6454699 Food intake restriction with controlled wireless energy supply  
A food intake restriction apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch and a restricted...
6454698 Anal incontinence treatment with energy transfer device  
An anal incontinence treatment apparatus and method include or use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon or rectum to form a restricted passageway. An energy...
6453907 Food intake restriction with energy transfer device  
A food intake restriction apparatus and method for an obese patient includes and uses an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient's...
6450946 Food intake restriction with wireless energy transfer  
A food intake restriction apparatus includes an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or the esophagus to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted...
6450173 Heartburn and reflux disease treatment with controlled wireless energy supply  
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the...
6210347 Remote control food intake restriction device  
A food intake restriction device for forming a stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus of a patient, comprises an elongated restriction member to be formed into at least a substantially closed...
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