Remotely Adjustable Gastric Banding System
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1. A system for facilitating obesity control comprising:
- a gastric banding device including an inflatable member for containing fluid;
a fluid reservoir couplable to the inflatable member;
an implantable pump unit in communication with said fluid reservoir and effective to control pressure within said inflatable member, said implantable pump unit including a inductively powered pump and a receiver assembly in communication with the pump; and
a remote control device capable of communicating with the receiver assembly.
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Abstract
Presently described are systems for facilitating obesity control comprising: a gastric banding device including at least one inflatable member for containing fluid; a fluid reservoir; an implantable pump unit in communication with the fluid reservoir for controlling pressure within the inflatable member, the implantable pump unit including a piezoelectric diaphragm pump and a remote control device capable of communicating with the pump.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating obesity control comprising:
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a gastric banding device including an inflatable member for containing fluid; a fluid reservoir couplable to the inflatable member; an implantable pump unit in communication with said fluid reservoir and effective to control pressure within said inflatable member, said implantable pump unit including a inductively powered pump and a receiver assembly in communication with the pump; and a remote control device capable of communicating with the receiver assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An implantable high precision pump unit for use in adjusting inflation of a gastric band, the pump unit comprising:
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a inductively powered, piezoelectric pump; a first valve in line with the pump; a second valve in parallel with the pump; electronics in communication with the pump and first and second valves; an override port; and a housing containing the pump, first and second valves, electronics and override port; the pump unit being operable without the use of an implanted energy storage device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for facilitating obesity control comprising:
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an implantable gastric banding device including an inflatable member for containing fluid and restricting a patient'"'"'s cardia; an implantable fluid reservoir; an implantable pump unit in communication with said fluid reservoir and said gastric band device for controlling pressure within said inflatable member, said implantable pump unit including at least one piezoelectric pump and at least one valve in a parallel configuration and a receiver in direct communication with at least one piezoelectric pump and at least one valve; and an external remote control device capable of communicating with said receiver assembly and powering said implantable pump unit.
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