Patent ID: 11938049
Assignee: ADVANCED BARIATRIC TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A gastric band, comprising:
a first section having first and second arms spaced from one another a first distance when positioned on a stomach and configured to close walls of the stomach together to form a first compartment of the stomach and a second compartment of the stomach, said first section extending a majority of a length of said gastric band, wherein the first and second arms of the first section are curved to at least partially follow a lesser curvature of the stomach;
a second section disposed at an end of the gastric band opposite the first section, the second section having first and second portions, the first portion coupled with the first arm of the first section at an end of the first arm and the second portion coupled with the second arm of the first section at an end of the second arm, and the first and second portions at least partially spaced from one another a second distance greater than the first distance, the second section configured to form a passage between the first compartment of the stomach and the second compartment of the stomach, wherein the second section is curved along a majority of its length,
wherein the first arm has at least one magnetic coupler located on an inner surface of the first arm and the second arm has at least one coupler configured to engage with the at least one magnetic coupler of the first arm to urge band into a closed position.