Heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus with wireless energy supply
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1. A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside a patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient having heartburn and reflux disease to engage the esophagus or the stomach close to the cardia without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted passageway in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device being designed to work like an artificial sphincter to allow food to readily pass through the passageway and operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to restrict the passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids or foods into the patient'"'"'s esophagus; and
an energy transfer device implantable in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, to operate said restriction device.
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Abstract
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 form a restricted passageway. An energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body is provided. An implanted energy transfer device transfers the first form energy transmitted by the energy transmission device into energy of a second form, which is used in connection with the operation of the restriction device to minimize the adverse affects of, or cure, chronic heartburn and reflux disease.
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127 Claims
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1. A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside a patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient having heartburn and reflux disease to engage the esophagus or the stomach close to the cardia without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted passageway in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device being designed to work like an artificial sphincter to allow food to readily pass through the passageway and operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to restrict the passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids or foods into the patient'"'"'s esophagus; and
an energy transfer device implantable in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, to operate said restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126)
providing a heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus according to claim 1, cutting an opening in a patient'"'"'s mucosa in an orifice of the patient'"'"'s body, and implanting the energy transfer device in the patient'"'"'s body through the opening.
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125. An implanting method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus according to claim 1, cutting an opening in a patient'"'"'s skin, and implanting the energy transfer device in the patient'"'"'s body through the opening.
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126. A laparascopical implanting method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus according to claim 1, placing at least two laparascopic cannula within a patient'"'"'s body, and implanting the energy transfer device in the patient'"'"'s body by using the at least two laparascopic cannula.
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127. A laparoscopic surgical method of implanting a heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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a) laparoscopically placing an operable restriction device of the apparatus through the abdomen or thorax of a patient, b) placing at least two laparoscopic cannula within the patient'"'"'s body, c) using a dissecting tool inserted through the laparoscopic trocar, dissecting the region of the esophagus or stomach, d) introducing the restriction device through the trocar, e) placing the restriction device in engagement with the esophagus or the stomach close to the cardia without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to create a restricted stoma, and f) postoperatively adjusting the restricted stoma in a non-invasive procedure at least several times daily so as (i) to open the restricted stoma to allow food to readily pass therethrough into the patient'"'"'s stomach, or to allow the patient to regurgitate, or (ii) to close the stoma sufficiently so as to substantially prevent stomach acids and food from being regurgitated into the esophagus.
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