Patent ID: 8657735
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An inflatable gastric belt comprising: an elongated tubular body ( connecting means ( an inflation catheter ( 14 ) with a free end ( 26 ) and tightly connected to the inflatable chamber and intended to be connected to the inflation means, wherein the wall of the chamber ( 3 ) forming the work face ( 5 ), has, in the deflated state of the belt, a length (l 5 ) greater than or equal to the length (l 4 ) of the wall of the chamber ( 3 ) forming the back ( 4 ), such that, during closing of the belt and after inflation, the wall of the chamber, constituting the work face ( 5 ), forms folds ( 30 ) such that a section of passage as a result of closing of the belt into the ring is hypocycloidal-shaped and wherein each fold comprises a fold in the work face ( 5 ) with regions of the work face on either side of the fold in contact with each other.