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SOURCE RESERVOIR WITH POTENTIAL ENERGY FOR REMOTELY ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM

  • US 20110208229A1
  • Filed: 02/24/2010
  • Published: 08/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable device that uses potential energy to facilitate the movement of fluid to an inflatable portion of a gastric band, the implantable device comprising:

  • a source reservoir for holding the fluid, the source reservoir having an elastic shell capable of contracting due to a first inward pressure; and

    a source valve coupled between the source reservoir and the gastric band, the source valve being open or closed based on a first telemetric signal received from a remote transmitter, and when the source valve is open, the first inward pressure causes the elastic shell to contract causing a portion of the fluid in the source reservoir to move into the inflatable portion of the gastric band, and when the source valve is closed, the fluid does not move outside the source reservoir.

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