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Flow control method and device

  • US 7,128,750 B1
  • Filed: 07/19/2000
  • Issued: 10/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device, for controlling flow in a bodily vessel, said device comprising:

  • an implantable enclosure;

    an actuator disposed within the implantable enclosure, the actuator configured to engage and to adjustably constrict said bodily vessel, the actuator comprising a rotatable member coupled to a drive shaft of an electrical micromotor via a rotary to linear transmission,a receiver disposed within the implantable enclosure, the receiver operatively coupled to the actuator to selectively adjust a degree of constriction applied by the rotatable member responsive to a signal received from an external control; and

    an external control device configured to telemetrically supply a signal to the receiver to control operation of the actuator.

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