Gastric band introduction device
AssigneeEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
InventorMark Tsonton
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Abstract
A gastric band introduction device includes an elongated support tube having a handle at a proximal end thereof and an opening for delivery of a gastric band at a distal end thereof. The introduction device also includes a transparent section formed at the distal end of the support tube. A method for the application of a gastric band through the utilization of an gastric band introduction device is achieved by removing the gastric band introduction device from its packaging, initiating a check of the gastric band prior to introduction within the patient, the check including viewing of the gastric band through a transparent section formed in the introduction device, and introducing the gastric band.
Claims13
A gastric band introduction device, comprising:
- an elongated support tube having a handle at a proximal end thereof and an opening for delivery of a gastric band at a distal end thereof;
- a transparent section formed at the distal end of the support tube.
A method for the application of a gastric band through the utilization of a gastric band introduction device, comprising:
- removing the gastric band introduction device from its packaging;
- initiating a check of the gastric band prior to introduction within the patient, the check including viewing of the gastric band through a transparent section formed in the introduction device;
- and
- introducing the gastric band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.