Calibrating apparatus and method of using same for gastric bandi

Details Calibrating apparatus and method of using same for gastric bandi Calibrating apparatus and method of using same for gastric bandi

1985-08-14

1987-09-29

Truluck, Dalton L.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128780, A61B 1900

Patent

active

046962883

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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Solhaug, "Gastric Banding, A New Method in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity", Current Surgery, pp. 424-428, (Nov.-Dec. 1983).

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