Patent ID: 6102922
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A food intake restriction device for forming a food intake restriction above the bursa omentalis of a patient, comprising:a band having an elongated, bendable supporting outer wall having a longitudinal length and which is substantially non-expansible in its longitudinal direction, and an elongated flexible inner wall joined to said outer supporting wall to form a closed expansible cavity, said flexible inner wall having a longitudinal length and forming a tubular balloon, said supporting outer wall abutting the outer surface of said tubular balloon,means for forming a loop of the band defining a restriction opening,the length of the flexible inner wall being substantially greater than the length of the supporting outer wall, andfluid supply means for adding fluid to and withdrawing fluid from said cavity to expand the flexible inner wall to decrease the size of said restriction opening and to deflate the flexible inner wall to increase the size of said restriction opening.