: GASTRIC BAND INTRODUCTION DEVICE
Application 611/KOL/2004 published 2006-09-15, filed 2004-09-29
A surgical tool for safely introducing a gastric band into a patient’s abdomen is provided. The instrument includes an inner rod slidably and coaxially disposed within a support tube. The inner rod includes a gastric band releasably secured thereon. Distal movement of the inner rod into the support tube exposes said gastric band. (FIG.1)
Applicant
ETHICON ENDO –SURGERY INC.
4545 CREEK ROAD, CINCINNATI, OH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Inventor
BYURM RANDAL T CONLON SEAN P
International Info
Classification: A61B 17/08
Priority Information
10/676,288 USA 2003-09-30