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Surgically implantable adjustable band having a flat profile when implanted

  • US 7,311,716 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2004
  • Issued: 12/25/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An implantable surgical device having a deployed shape and an undeployed shape, said device comprising:

  • a. an elongated flexible inflatable portion; and

    b. an elongated flexible and substantially inextensible band portion having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, said band portion being attached to said inflatable portion along an inner face thereof, wherein when said device is in its undeployed shape said band portion has a concave cross section along a majority of its longitudinal axis, taken perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, and wherein when said device is in its deployed shape said band portion has a substantially linear cross section along a majority of its longitudinal axis.

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