US 11,938,049 B2
Vertically oriented band for stomach
Moises Jacobs, Miami, FL (US); and Moises Jacobs, III, Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC, Coral Gables, FL (US)
Filed by Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC, Coral Gables, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/531,974.
Application 16/531,974 is a continuation of application No. 15/605,812, filed on May 25, 2017, granted, now 10,369,036.
Application 15/605,812 is a continuation of application No. 14/531,300, filed on Nov. 3, 2014, granted, now 9,814,614, issued on Nov. 14, 2017.
Application 14/531,300 is a continuation of application No. 11/984,452, filed on Nov. 19, 2007, granted, now 8,920,305, issued on Dec. 30, 2014.
Application 11/984,452 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/797,537, filed on May 4, 2007, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/881,138, filed on Jan. 19, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2019/0358067 A1, Nov. 28, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0086 (2013.01) [A61B 17/122 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gastric band configured to be positioned on a stomach to partition the stomach into a first portion and a second portion, and to provide a passage between the first and second portions of the stomach, the gastric band comprising:
a partitioning section comprising a first arm with a first elongate portion, the first arm having a distal end and a proximal end and extending a majority of a length of the gastric band, and a second arm with a second elongate portion, the second arm having a distal end and a proximal end and extending a majority of the length of the gastric band, the first elongate portion of the first arm and the second elongate portion of the second arm curved to at least partially accommodate the lesser curvature of a stomach and, when the gastric band is positioned on the stomach, at least a portion of the second elongate portion is spaced apart a first distance from at least a portion of the first elongate portion; and
a passage-forming section comprising a first curved passage-forming member positioned adjacent the proximal end of the first arm of the partitioning section and substantially aligned with at least a portion of the first arm of the partitioning section, and a second curved passage-forming member positioned adjacent the proximal end of the second arm of the partitioning section and substantially aligned with at least a portion of the second arm of the partitioning section, wherein at least a portion of the first curved passage forming member and a portion of the second curved passage-forming member are spaced apart at least by a second distance, the second distance being greater than the first distance such that, when the gastric band is positioned on the stomach, the first curved passage-forming member and the second curved passage-forming member at least partially define a single aperture that allows gastric juices to flow through the passage between the first portion and the second portion of the stomach when the gastric band is positioned on the stomach.