Patent ID: 7364540
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An implantable device, comprising: a pressurizable expandable element, attached to an elongate conduit element near its forward end, said conduit element including a rear port portion and having a first passageway connecting said rear port portion to said expandable element, said expandable element expandable to enlarged shapes by addition of a flowable material using an external source provided into said rear port portion, said rear port portion adapted for providing fluid communication between the implantable device and the external source during adjustment and for automatically sealing the flowable material in the implantable device upon removal of the external source, wherein the implantable device is adapted for implantation within body tissue with the expandable element adjacent a body lumen to provide volume to the body tissue for adjustable coaptation of the body lumen.