Method for implanting an adjustable band
First Claim
1. A method for implanting surgical device, said method comprising:
- a. providing a surgical device comprising an elongated flexible inflatable portion, an elongated flexible and substantially inextensible band portion having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, said band portion being separate and attached to said inflatable portion along an inner face thereof, said band portion having a concave cross section, taken perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, substantially along its entire longitudinal axis;
b. surgically implanting said device; and
c. deforming said band substantially along its entire longitudinal axis so that it has a substantially planar cross section, taken-perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, by encircling said band around internal body tissue while changing the cross-sectional shape of said inflatable portion.
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided A method for implanting surgical device. The method involves providing a surgical device comprising an elongated flexible inflatable portion, an elongated flexible and substantially inextensible band portion having a distal end and a proximal end, and an inflatable portion. The band portion is attached to the inflatable portion along an inner face thereof. The band portion has a concave cross section when taken perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. The method involves deforming the band, so that it has a substantially flat cross section when taken perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, by encircling the band around body tissue.
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5 Claims
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1. A method for implanting surgical device, said method comprising:
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a. providing a surgical device comprising an elongated flexible inflatable portion, an elongated flexible and substantially inextensible band portion having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, said band portion being separate and attached to said inflatable portion along an inner face thereof, said band portion having a concave cross section, taken perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, substantially along its entire longitudinal axis; b. surgically implanting said device; and c. deforming said band substantially along its entire longitudinal axis so that it has a substantially planar cross section, taken-perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, by encircling said band around internal body tissue while changing the cross-sectional shape of said inflatable portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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