Calibrating apparatus and method of using same for gastric banding surgery
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Sep 29, 1987
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Abstract
A calibrating apparatus adapted to be inserted into and proceeded within the stomach of human body which includes a single-lumen tubing terminating in a proximal portion and a distal tip each of which have an orifice and wherein the single-lumen tubing has a first opening extending therethrough which is located at a selected distance from the proximal portion and a second opening which extends therethrough and which is located a predetermined distance from the distal tip, an elongated, thin-walled sensor having a circular-cross section and a cavity within the interior thereof and which is operatively coupled in a sealing relationship to the distal tip wherein the thin-walled sensor is capable of having its cross-sectional diameter varied in response to a force applied to the exterior of the sensor to vary the pressure of a fluid within the cavity, a balloon surrounding the exterior of said single-lumen tubing at the preselected location which encloses the second opening and an elongated tubing member which extends through the single-lumen tubing, through the first opening and into communication with the second opening is shown. A method for performing a gastric banding operation on the stomach of a human being utilizing the calibrating apparatus is also shown.
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- APPALOOSA MANAGEMENT L.P.;ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Hoyt, Robert E | 326 El Gaucho Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93111 | 12 | 5510 |
Kuzmak, Lubomyr I | 657 Irvington Ave., Newark, NJ 07106 | 8 | 2656 |
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