Patent ID: 7850660
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A surgically implantable device comprising: (a) a medical implant for performing a therapeutic function, the medical implant having a needle penetrable septum and a fluid reservoir accessible through said septum and having a bottom opposite to and spaced away from said septum and a sidewall between said bottom and said septum, the fluid reservoir further comprising a plate attached to said bottom and located opposite to and spaced away from the septum and configured to prevent a needle that is inserted through the septum from penetrating the bottom of the reservoir, wherein the reservoir is enveloped by at least one material that is impenetrable to the passage of fluid therethrough and further comprises an opening formed within said sidewall for providing a fluid passageway from the reservoir, wherein the entire medical implant is configured to prevent any fluid within the reservoir from reaching any tissue; (b) an attachment mechanism comprising at least two fasteners integral to said implant for attaching said implant to body tissue, said fasteners having a deployed position and an undeployed position; (c) an actuator capable of simultaneously moving said fasteners from said undeployed position to said deployed position; and (d) a gastric band in fluid communication with the opening formed within the sidewall of the medical implant, wherein the medical implant and the gastric band form a closed fluid circuit.