Surgical Ring with an Improved Closure System
First Claim
1. An implantable surgical ring for surrounding one or more organs having a pouch or a duct, in order to modify the section of the passage in said organ(s), said ring being in the form of a flexible strap extending between first and second ends, said flexible strap being provided towards its first and second ends with respective male and female closure elements arranged to co-operate in such a manner that the flexible strap forms a closed loop, the female closure element permanently forming a closed collar, the ring being characterized in that said female element includes a structural discontinuity in which the deformability of the female element is greater than the deformability of the remainder of the female element.
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Abstract
An implantable surgical ring (1, 10) for surrounding one or more organs having a pouch or a duct, in order to modify the section of the passage in the organ(s), the ring (1, 10) being in the form of a flexible strap (2, 20) extending between first and second ends (3, 4, 40, 400), the flexible strap (2, 20) being provided towards its first and second ends (3, 4, 40, 400) with respective male and female closure elements (5, 50; 6, 60, 600) arranged to co-operate in such a manner that the flexible strap (2, 20) forms a closed loop, the female closure element (6, 60, 600) permanently forming a closed collar. The female element (6, 60, 600) includes a structural discontinuity (20, 200, 2000) in which the deformability of the female element (6, 60, 600) is greater than the deformability of the remainder of the female element (6, 60, 600). The invention is applicable to implantable surgical rings.
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- 1. An implantable surgical ring for surrounding one or more organs having a pouch or a duct, in order to modify the section of the passage in said organ(s), said ring being in the form of a flexible strap extending between first and second ends, said flexible strap being provided towards its first and second ends with respective male and female closure elements arranged to co-operate in such a manner that the flexible strap forms a closed loop, the female closure element permanently forming a closed collar, the ring being characterized in that said female element includes a structural discontinuity in which the deformability of the female element is greater than the deformability of the remainder of the female element.
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