Patent ID: 8764713
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of repositioning an injection port, wherein the injection port comprises a port body and a plurality of fasteners that are integral with the port body, the method comprising: (a) positioning the injection port at a first location in a patient's body; (b) extending the fasteners relative to the port body to substantially secure the injection port at the first location in the patient's body; (c) retracting the fasteners relative to the port body while the injection port is at the first location in the patient's body, to substantially unsecure the injection port from the first location in the patient's body; (d) moving the injection port to a second location in the patient's body; (e) extending the fasteners relative to the port body to substantially secure the injection port at the second location in the patient's body; and (f) coupling the injection port with a gastric band, wherein the injection port and the gastric band form a closed fluid circuit.