公开(公告)号：US20110201874A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-18

申请号：US12705245

申请日：2010-02-12

申请人： Janel Birk ,  Dustin Leslie ,  Sean Snow ,  Ahmet Tezel

发明人： Janel Birk ,  Dustin Leslie ,  Sean Snow ,  Ahmet Tezel

IPC分类号： A61F2/02

CPC分类号： A61F5/0056 ,  A61F5/003 ,  A61F5/0059

摘要： An implantable device comprises a reservoir for holding a fluid and a sensor positioned between the gastric band and the reservoir. The sensor monitors a parameter of the fluid when filling and draining the inflatable portion of the gastric band. A first flow control device controls a flow of the fluid when filling and draining the inflatable portion of the gastric band. A pumping device moves the fluid into and out of the inflatable portion of the gastric band, and the pumping device is capable of being activated and deactivated using a telemetric signal received from a remote device.

摘要翻译： 可植入装置包括用于保持流体的储存器和位于胃带和储存器之间的传感器。 当填充和排空胃带的可充气部分时，传感器监测流体的参数。 第一流量控制装置在填充和排出胃束带的可充气部分时控制流体的流动。 泵送装置将流体移入和移出胃束带的可膨胀部分，并且泵送装置能够使用从远程装置接收到的遥测信号被激活和去激活。

公开(公告)号：US08840541B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-23

申请号：US12712833

申请日：2010-02-25

申请人： Sean Snow ,  Janel Birk

发明人： Sean Snow ,  Janel Birk

IPC分类号： A61F2/00 ,  A61F13/00 ,  A61B17/08 ,  A61F5/00

CPC分类号： A61F5/005

摘要： An implantable device monitors a pressure of fluid within an inflatable portion of a gastric band. The implantable device comprises a tube defining a lumen, and a pressure sensor positioned within at least one of the lumen or the tube. The pressure sensor is configured to sense the pressure of the fluid within the inflatable portion of the gastric band. The pressure sensor is also configured to transmit a pressure signal based on the pressure to a microcontroller, which transmits the pressure signal to a remote control device. The pressure sensor confers strain relief upon at least a portion of the tube, and the pressure sensor shields at least a portion of the tube from puncture by a needle.

摘要翻译： 可植入装置监测胃束带的可充气部分内的流体的压力。 可植入装置包括限定内腔的管和位于内腔或管中的至少一个内的压力传感器。 压力传感器构造成感测胃带的可充气部分内的流体的压力。 压力传感器还被配置为将基于压力的压力信号传输到微控制器，微控制器将压力信号传送到遥控装置。 压力传感器使应变释放在管的至少一部分上，并且压力传感器屏蔽管的至少一部分不被针穿刺。

公开(公告)号：US09463107B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-11

申请号：US13272106

申请日：2011-10-12

申请人： Mitchell H. Babkes ,  Sean Snow

发明人： Mitchell H. Babkes ,  Sean Snow

IPC分类号： A61F2/04 ,  A61F5/00

CPC分类号： A61F5/003 ,  A61F5/004

摘要： Transoral obesity treatment devices and related methods for operation thereof are described which occupy space within a stomach and/or stimulate the stomach wall. The transoral obesity treatment devices and related methods are intended to assist a patient in maintaining a healthy body weight. Features of the devices include insertion transorally and without invasive surgery, without associated patient risks of invasive surgery, and without substantial patient discomfort. The life span of these devices may be material-dependent upon long-term survivability within an acidic stomach, but is intended to last one year or longer. The devices have the capacity to vary in size and are desirably self-actuating in that they change shape and/or volume using internal motors or actuators. The changing character of the devices helps prevent the person's stomach from compensating for the implant, such as sometimes happens with static intragastric devices.

摘要翻译： 描述了跨腹部肥胖症治疗装置及其相关操作方法，其占据胃内的空间和/或刺激胃壁。 经腹肥胖治疗装置和相关方法旨在帮助患者保持健康的体重。 器件的特征包括经皮插入和无侵入性手术，无相关患者的侵入性手术风险，无明显的患者不适。 这些装置的使用寿命可能依赖于酸性胃内的长期生存能力，但意图持续一年或更长时间。 这些装置具有在尺寸上变化的能力，并且希望是自动致动，因为它们使用内部电动机或致动器改变形状和/或体积。 设备的变化特征有助于防止人的胃部补偿植入物，例如有时会发生静态胃内装置。

公开(公告)号：US20120088962A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-12

申请号：US13216132

申请日：2011-08-23

申请人： Ethan Franklin ,  Sean Snow ,  Erik Torjesen ,  Justin J. Schwab ,  Zachary P. Dominguez

发明人： Ethan Franklin ,  Sean Snow ,  Erik Torjesen ,  Justin J. Schwab ,  Zachary P. Dominguez

IPC分类号： A61F2/00

CPC分类号： A61F5/0056

摘要： Generally described herein are automatic, self-adjusting, gastric banding systems and improvements thereof, that are capable of automatically relaxing and contracting in response to a large bolus passing through the area of a patient's stomach constricted by a gastric band. Alternatively, and/or in addition in one or more embodiments, the gastric banding systems described herein may also help prevent pouch dilatation and/or erosion. The apparatus and systems described herein aid in facilitating obesity control and/or treating obesity-related diseases while generally being non-invasive once implanted. Furthermore, certain embodiments of the self-adjusting gastric banding systems disclosed herein are automatically adjustable without complicated fluid control mechanisms, flow rate limiting devices, and/or valves. The automatic adjustments may also be made in response to other changes in the patient's esophageal-gastric junction, for example, in response to size, shape, and or location changes.

公开(公告)号：US20110270017A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-03

申请号：US12770617

申请日：2010-04-29

申请人： Sean Snow ,  Babak Honaryar ,  Christian Y. Perron

发明人： Sean Snow ,  Babak Honaryar ,  Christian Y. Perron

IPC分类号： A61F2/04 ,  A61B17/12

CPC分类号： A61F5/005

摘要： A self-adjusting gastric band is automatically adjustable without complicated fluid control mechanisms, flow rate limiting devices, and/or valves. The self-adjusting gastric band may automatically adjust to allow a large bolus of food to pass through a constriction in the patient's stomach formed by the gastric band. The self-adjusting gastric band comprises an inflatable portion that is disposable about an esophageal-gastric junction of the patient. A first compliant portion is coupled to the inflatable portion. The first compliant portion automatically relaxes the constriction formed by the self-adjusting gastric band and allows the large bolus to pass through the constriction. After the bolus passes through the constriction, the self-adjusting gastric band automatically returns to its previous state.

摘要翻译： 自调节胃带可以自动调节，无需复杂的流体控制机构，流量限制装置和/或阀门。 自我调节的胃带可以自动调节以允许大量的食物通过由胃带形成的患者的胃中的收缩部。 自调节胃带包括可围绕患者的食道 - 胃交界处一次性的可充气部分。 第一柔顺部分联接到可充气部分。 第一顺应部分自动松弛由自调节胃束带形成的收缩，并允许大推注通过收缩。 在推注通过收缩后，自我调节胃带自动返回到之前的状态。

公开(公告)号：US20100099945A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-22

申请号：US12603058

申请日：2009-10-21

申请人： Janel A. Birk ,  Sean Snow

发明人： Janel A. Birk ,  Sean Snow

IPC分类号： A61F2/00 ,  F16K31/00

CPC分类号： A61F5/0059 ,  A61F5/0056 ,  A61F5/0066

摘要： A system for facilitating obesity control includes an inflatable gastric banding device, a fluid reservoir couplable to the inflatable portion, and an implantable fluid handling device including one or more piezoelectric valves.

摘要翻译： 用于促进肥胖控制的系统包括可充气胃束带装置，可连接到可充气部分的流体储存器和包括一个或多个压电阀的可植入流体处理装置。

公开(公告)号：US09044298B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US13216132

申请日：2011-08-23

申请人： Ethan Franklin ,  Sean Snow ,  Erik Torjesen ,  Justin J. Schwab ,  Zachary P. Dominguez

发明人： Ethan Franklin ,  Sean Snow ,  Erik Torjesen ,  Justin J. Schwab ,  Zachary P. Dominguez

IPC分类号： A61F2/00 ,  A61F13/00 ,  A61F5/00

CPC分类号： A61F5/0056

摘要： Generally described herein are automatic, self-adjusting, gastric banding systems and improvements thereof, that are capable of automatically relaxing and contracting in response to a large bolus passing through the area of a patient's stomach constricted by a gastric band. Alternatively, and/or in addition in one or more embodiments, the gastric banding systems described herein may also help prevent pouch dilatation and/or erosion. The apparatus and systems described herein aid in facilitating obesity control and/or treating obesity-related diseases while generally being non-invasive once implanted. Furthermore, certain embodiments of the self-adjusting gastric banding systems disclosed herein are automatically adjustable without complicated fluid control mechanisms, flow rate limiting devices, and/or valves. The automatic adjustments may also be made in response to other changes in the patient's esophageal-gastric junction, for example, in response to size, shape, and or location changes.

摘要翻译： 本文通常描述的是自动，自调节，胃束带系统及其改进，其能够响应于穿过由胃束带收缩的患者胃的区域的大量推注而自动放松和收缩。 或者，和/或另外在一个或多个实施方案中，本文所述的胃束带系统还可以帮助防止囊膨胀和/或侵蚀。 本文所述的装置和系统有助于促进肥胖控制和/或治疗肥胖相关疾病，同时一般植入时是非侵入性的。 此外，本文公开的自调节胃束带系统的某些实施例可以在没有复杂的流体控制机构，流量限制装置和/或阀的情况下自动调节。 也可以响应于患者的食道 - 胃交界处的其它变化，例如响应于大小，形状和位置变化而进行自动调整。

公开(公告)号：US20130158343A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-20

申请号：US13332010

申请日：2011-12-20

申请人： Babak Honaryar ,  Sean Snow

发明人： Babak Honaryar ,  Sean Snow

IPC分类号： A61F2/04

CPC分类号： A61M39/0208 ,  A61F5/003 ,  A61F5/0056 ,  A61M39/0247 ,  A61M2039/0255 ,  A61M2039/0276 ,  A61M2039/1027

摘要： Generally described herein are apparatus, systems and methods related to a mechanical interlock joint geometry for various components and joining of components thereby creating a reliable seal against fluid leaks that is resistant at typical pressures experienced when the components are implanted into a human body. Furthermore, the seal may be enhanced when a fluid pressure exerted inside the components is increased (e.g., from 1 to 10 psi).

摘要翻译： 这里通常描述的是与用于各种部件的机械联锁接头几何形状和部件接合相关的装置，系统和方法，从而产生可靠的密封，以防止当将部件植入人体时经受的典型压力下的流体泄漏。 此外，当施加在部件内部的流体压力增加（例如，从1至10psi）时，可以增强密封。

公开(公告)号：US20120046520A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-23

申请号：US12896148

申请日：2010-10-01

申请人： Mike Augarten ,  Sean Snow

发明人： Mike Augarten ,  Sean Snow

IPC分类号： A61F2/00 ,  H01L41/09

CPC分类号： H01L41/042 ,  A61F5/005 ,  F04B43/046 ,  F04B49/065

摘要： The present invention generally relates to medical systems and apparatus and uses thereof for treating obesity and/or obesity-related diseases, and more specifically, relates to systems and methods for energy recovery in a laparoscopically-placed gastric banding system operably coupled to a piezo actuator. The energy recovery may be obtained utilizing an energy recovery device, such as an inductor, coupled to the piezo actuator. The energy recovery device may utilize two circuits to facilitate energy recovery, and the two circuits may include diodes with opposite orientations to control current flow.

摘要翻译： 本发明一般涉及医疗系统及其用于治疗肥胖和/或肥胖相关疾病的装置及其用途，更具体地涉及在腹腔镜放置的胃束带系统中能量回收的系统和方法，其可操作地耦合到压电致动器 。 可以利用耦合到压电致动器的能量回收装置（例如电感器）获得能量回收。 能量回收装置可以利用两个电路来促进能量回收，并且两个电路可以包括具有相反取向以控制电流的二极管。

公开(公告)号：US20110270027A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-03

申请号：US13101952

申请日：2011-05-05

申请人： Mike Augarten ,  Sean Snow

发明人： Mike Augarten ,  Sean Snow

IPC分类号： A61F2/04

CPC分类号： A61M5/486 ,  A61F5/0043 ,  A61F5/0056 ,  A61M2005/3125 ,  A61M2205/3569 ,  A61M2205/3592 ,  A61M2205/505 ,  A61M2205/52

摘要： A method and system for determining pressure in a syringe, and more specifically to a syringe pressure accessory which can be connected to a syringe to determine pressure in a syringe and a gastric band. The syringe pressure accessory can detect a pressure of a syringe and/or a gastric band and digitally display the pressure. The syringe pressure accessory can include a durable unit and a disposable unit. The disposable unit can be disposed of after a single use, while the durable unit can be reused with multiple disposable units. The syringe pressure accessory can also include a syringe attachment unit and one or more display units for a caretaker or a patient. The display unit can be wirelessly connected to the syringe attachment unit to display a pressure chart or the results of various analysis of the pressure data. Markers can be added to the pressure chart.

摘要翻译： 一种用于确定注射器中的压力的​​方法和系统，更具体地说，涉及可以连接到注射器以确定注射器和胃带中的压力的​​注射器压力附件。 注射器压力附件可以检测注射器和/或胃带的压力并且数字显示压力。 注射器压力附件可以包括耐用单元和一次性单元。 一次性单元可以在单次使用之后被处理，而耐用单元可以重复使用多个一次性单元。 注射器压力附件还可以包括注射器附接单元和用于看守者或患者的一个或多个显示单元。 显示单元可以无线地连接到注射器附接单元以显示压力图或压力数据的各种分析的结果。 标记可以添加到压力表。