Device for use with body tissue sphincters
AssigneeJt Godfrey, LLC
InventorsJames Godfrey Berg, Thomas Godfrey Berg
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Abstract
A medical device may include an implantable device for treating a body tissue structure. The implantable device may include a wire structure which may include a wave pattern. The wire structure may be elastic so as to provide a pressure around the body tissue structure such that the pressure may change with movement of the body tissue structure.
Claims20
An implantable device for implantation around a body tissue structure comprising:
- a wire structure having a wave pattern, the wire structure comprising a singular wire structure having a first terminal end and a second terminal end;
- wherein a first side of the wave pattern forms a flared region relative to a second side of the wave pattern;
- wherein the wire structure is elastic so as to provide a pressure around the body tissue structure such that the pressure may change with movement of the body tissue structure;
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- wherein the wire structure includes the first side having a first spring constant and the second side having a second spring constant different than the first spring constant.
An implantable device for implantation around a body tissue structure comprising:
- an annular structure having a first terminal end and a second terminal end;
- wherein the annular structure is elastic so as to provide a pressure around the body tissue structure such that the pressure may change with movement of the body tissue structure;
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- wherein the annular structure includes a first side having a first spring constant and a second side having a second spring constant different than the first spring constant.
An implantable device for implantation around a body tissue structure comprising:
- a wire structure having a wave pattern, the wire structure having a first terminal end and a second terminal end;
- wherein the wire structure is elastic so as to provide a pressure around the body tissue structure such that the pressure may change with movement of the body tissue structure;
- wherein the wire structure includes a first side having a first spring constant and a second side having a second spring constant different than the first spring constant;
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- wherein the wire structure includes a closure structure adjacent to the first terminal end and the second terminal end for facilitating forming a closed loop with the wire structure.
An implantable device for implantation around a body tissue structure comprising:
- a wire structure having a wave pattern, the wire structure comprising a singular wire structure having a first terminal end and a second terminal end;
- wherein a first side of the wave pattern forms a flared region relative to a second side of the wave pattern;
- wherein the wire structure is elastic so as to provide a pressure around the body tissue structure such that the pressure may change with movement of the body tissue structure;
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- wherein the wire structure is at least partially formed from a bioabsorbable or biodegradable material and is configured to promote scar tissue at one or more locations at which the wire structure is configured to contact the body tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.