Patent ID: 7909839
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical band device that is laparoscopically implantable within a patient's body, comprising: a flexible expansion-resistant section having first and second ends, the expansion-resistant section having a flat face extending along its length between the first and second ends, the expansion-resistant section being of uniform-cross section between the first and second ends; and a lockable latch divided into two parts wherein a first latch part is coupled to the first end of the expansion-resistant section and co-extensive with the expansion-resistant section, and a second latch part is coupled to the second end of the expansion-resistant section and co-extensive with the expansion-resistant section; wherein the first latch part of the two parts is encloseably insertable into the second latch part of the two parts; and wherein both of the first and second latch parts have a fixed longitudinal curvature when the first and second latch parts are unlocked so that upon locking the first and second latch parts, the lockable latch and the expansion-resistant section form a closed loop that achieves a radial shape aligning the longitudinally curved latch with the flat face along an inside diameter surface of the closed loop consisting of both the flat face surface of the expansion-resistant section and a longitudinally curved latch surface of the latch, wherein the latch is positioned along the closed loop between the first and second ends of the expansion-resistant section, and wherein the expansion-resistant section having a longitudinally extending configuration along its length when the first and second latch parts are unlocked and the surgical band device is fed laparoscopically through tissue within the patient's body and a radial shape configuration along its length when the first and second latch parts are locked and the surgical band device is positioned around tissue within the patient's body.