Patent ID: 8523884

Claim:
A closing means ( 1 ) for longitudinally extending hollow organs ( 18 ) having a flexible wall ( 16 ) and a passage ( 24 ), comprising at least one chamber ( 5 ) with a chamber volume, the at least one chamber ( 5 ) extending rectilinearly and having a longitudinal configuration and a circumference, the chamber volume ( 22 ) being variable by a supply of a fluid, and the passage ( 24 ) of the hollow organ being partly or completely closable depending on the chamber volume ( 22 ), a fastening device ( 6 ) being connected to and protruding radially from only one longitudinal side of an exterior of the chamber ( 5 ) for fastening the chamber ( 5 ) to an outer part of the wall of the hollow organ, wherein in a fastened condition of the fastening device ( 6 ), the chamber ( 5 ) being adapted to be arranged in a fold ( 20 ) in the wall of the hollow organ, the fastening device ( 6 ) including only one fastening strip ( 6 ) having two sides and an edge around and connected between a periphery of each side, the fastening strip being connected along a first longitudinal portion of the edge to and extending radially from the circumference and the only one longitudinal side of the chamber ( 5 ) and each side of the fastening strip being fastenable to a respective fold edge ( 4 ) of the hollow organ ( 18 ).