Patent ID: 9636246
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61F,B29C

Claim:
1. An inflatable and adjustable gastric band to be positioned around a segment of the digestive tract in order to narrow said segment, said gastric band comprising: a hollow flexible band, which is resilient and comprises an inner wall and an outer wall defining an inflatable leaktight chamber with an inflation opening; a flexible inflation tube whose distal end is connected to the inflation opening of the band, and whose proximal end is intended to be connected to inflation means; the tube and the band being provided, in respective distal end areas thereof, with complementary closure means and that are able to mutually engage so as to lock a ring in a closed position, said ring being formed by bringing a distal end and a proximal end of the band together; the closure means of the tube being at least one notch and the closure means of the band being at least one loop, such that the proximal end of the tube is configured to be engaged through the at least one loop of the band as far as a locked closure position once said at least one notch is brought beyond said at least one loop; wherein