Methods and devices for measuring impedance in a gastric restriction system
    23.
    发明授权
    Methods and devices for measuring impedance in a gastric restriction system 有权
    用于测量胃限制系统阻抗的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08192350B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-05

    申请号:US12020867

    申请日:2008-01-28

    IPC分类号: A61F2/00 A61F2/48

    摘要: Methods and devices are provided for gathering impedance data related to implantable restriction devices. In general, the methods and devices can enable patients, health care providers, and others to use gathered data as a feedback mechanism to non-invasively monitor efficacy of an implantable restriction device in a patient and to identify, modify, and/or prescribe a treatment plan for the patient considering the gathered data. Impedance data can be gathered and analyzed for tissue proximate to the restriction device, e.g., a fat pad between a gastric band and the patient's stomach. Electrodes in contact with the tissue can measure an impedance of the tissue, with the impedance between the electrodes changing as the tissue reduces in size (e.g., as fat cells shrink) and/or changes configuration.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于收集与可植入限制装置相关的阻抗数据的方法和装置。 一般而言,方法和装置可使患者,医疗保健提供者和其他人能使用收集的数据作为反馈机制来非侵入性地监测可植入的限制装置在患者体内的功效,并且识别,修改和/或开出 考虑收集的数据的患者的治疗计划。 阻抗数据可以收集和分析靠近限制装置的组织,例如胃带和患者胃之间的脂肪垫。 与组织接触的电极可以测量组织的阻抗,随着组织尺寸的减小(例如,随着脂肪细胞收缩)和/或改变构型,电极之间的阻抗变化。

    METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEASURING IMPEDANCE IN A GASTRIC RESTRICTION SYSTEM
    25.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEASURING IMPEDANCE IN A GASTRIC RESTRICTION SYSTEM 有权
    用于测量气体限制系统阻力的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090192404A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-30

    申请号:US12020867

    申请日:2008-01-28

    IPC分类号: A61B5/053

    摘要: Methods and devices are provided for gathering impedance data related to implantable restriction devices. In general, the methods and devices can enable patients, health care providers, and others to use gathered data as a feedback mechanism to non-invasively monitor efficacy of an implantable restriction device in a patient and to identify, modify, and/or prescribe a treatment plan for the patient considering the gathered data. Impedance data can be gathered and analyzed for tissue proximate to the restriction device, e.g., a fat pad between a gastric band and the patient's stomach. Electrodes in contact with the tissue can measure an impedance of the tissue, with the impedance between the electrodes changing as the tissue reduces in size (e.g., as fat cells shrink) and/or changes configuration.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于收集与可植入限制装置相关的阻抗数据的方法和装置。 一般而言,方法和装置可使患者,医疗保健提供者和其他人能使用收集的数据作为反馈机制来非侵入性地监测可植入的限制装置在患者体内的功效,并且识别,修改和/或开出 考虑收集的数据的患者的治疗计划。 阻抗数据可以收集和分析靠近限制装置的组织,例如胃带和患者胃之间的脂肪垫。 与组织接触的电极可以测量组织的阻抗,随着组织尺寸的减小(例如,随着脂肪细胞收缩)和/或改变构型,电极之间的阻抗变化。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMPLANTABLE ANTENNA
    27.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMPLANTABLE ANTENNA 审中-公开
    用可植入天线通信的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090228063A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-10

    申请号:US12043616

    申请日:2008-03-06

    IPC分类号: A61N1/08 A61N1/00

    摘要: Various methods and devices are provided for aligning an internal antenna with an external device. In one embodiment, an implantable restriction system is provided and includes an implantable restriction device configured to form a restriction in a pathway, and an implantable housing associated with the implantable restriction device. The housing has at least one antenna that can be configured to communicate telemetrically with a transceiver regardless of a rotational orientation of the housing about an axis. The at least one antenna can extend along an axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of a catheter extending from the housing. In one embodiment, the implantable housing can contain a sensor that can be configured, for example, to measure at least one of a system parameter and a physiological parameter, and the antenna can be effective to communicate the measured parameter to the transceiver.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于使内部天线对准外部设备的各种方法和装置。 在一个实施例中,提供了可植入的限制系统,并且包括被配置为在通路中形成限制的可植入限制装置,以及与所述可植入限制装置相关联的可植入壳体。 壳体具有至少一个天线,其可被配置为与收发器遥测地通信,而不管壳体绕轴线的旋转取向如何。 至少一个天线可以沿着与从壳体延伸的导管的纵向轴线对准的轴线延伸。 在一个实施例中,可植入壳体可以包含传感器,该传感器可以被配置为例如测量系统参数和生理参数中的至少一个,并且天线可以有效地将测量的参数传送到收发器。

    OPTIMIZING THE OPERATION OF A RESTRICTION SYSTEM
    29.
    发明申请
    OPTIMIZING THE OPERATION OF A RESTRICTION SYSTEM 审中-公开
    优化限制系统的运行

    公开(公告)号:US20090187202A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-23

    申请号:US12015634

    申请日:2008-01-17

    IPC分类号: A61B17/12

    CPC分类号: A61F5/0053

    摘要: Methods and devices for optimizing the operation of a restriction system for forming a restriction in a patient are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for optimizing the operation of a gastric restriction system includes providing an implantable restriction system for forming a restriction in a patient, determining an optimum value of a control parameter of the restriction system, and maintaining the control parameter at the optimum value such that a result parameter of the restriction system is substantially convergent as a function of time. Determining an optimum value of a control parameter can generally include adjusting the restriction device, determining the value of the control parameter to be optimized, and repeating the steps of adjusting the restriction device and determining the value of the control parameter until the control parameter is substantially convergent as a function of time.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于优化用于在患者中形成限制的限制系统的操作的方法和装置。 在一个示例性实施例中,用于优化胃限制系统的操作的方法包括提供用于在患者体内形成限制的可植入限制系统,确定限制系统的控制参数的最佳值,并将控制参数保持在 最优值,使得限制系统的结果参数作为时间的函数基本上收敛。 确定控制参数的最佳值通常可以包括调整限制装置,确定要优化的控制参数的值,并重复调整限制装置的步骤,并确定控制参数的值,直到控制参数基本上 作为时间的函数收敛。