Implantable tissue constriction device and method for suppressing leakage of fluid from resectioned body tissue

An implantable tissue constriction device for suppressing leakage from resectioned body tissue, the device comprising:

• a first elongated member having a constricting surface;
• and
• a second elongated member having another constricting surface, the constricting surfaces being arranged in combination to circumscribe tissue to be excised, and further being moveable together in opposition to constrict tissue adjacent to the circumscribed tissue to be excised to an extent necessary to suppress leakage from body tissue remaining after excision of the tissue to be excised.

An implantable device that constrictively suppresses leakage from resectioned body tissue, the device comprising:

• a first elongated member having a constricting surface;
• and
• a second elongated member having another constricting surface, when in a receiving configuration the constricting surfaces being arranged in combination to receive a circumference of tissue adjacent to tissue to be excised, and when in a constricting configuration the constricting surfaces being arranged to circumscribe and constrict the circumference of tissue sufficiently to suppress leakage from body tissue remaining after excision of the tissue to be excised.

An implantable tissue constriction device for suppressing leakage from resectioned body tissue, the device comprising:

• first elongated means for constricting a portion of a circumference of body tissue adjacent to a tissue to be excised;
• and
• second elongated means for constricting the remainder of the circumference of body tissue, the first and second elongated means being moveable together in opposition to constrict tissue adjacent to the circumscribed tissue to be excised to an extent necessary to suppress leakage from body tissue remaining after excision of the tissue to be excised.

An implantable tissue constriction device for suppressing leakage from a selected body tissue, the device comprising:

• first elongated means for constricting a portion of a circumference of tissue adjacent to the selected body tissue;
• and
• second elongated means for constricting the remainder of the circumference of tissue, the first and second elongated means being moveable together in opposition to constrict the circumference of tissue to an extent necessary to suppress leakage from the selected body tissue.