Controlled heartburn and reflux disease treatment

A method of treating a patient having heartburn and reflux disease, comprising:

• (a) implanting in the patient an operable restriction device, so that the restriction device engages the stomach close to the cardia or engages the esophagus without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway in the stomach or esophagus,
• (b) implanting in the patient a source of energy,
• (c) implanting in the patient an operation device for operating said restriction device,
• (d) controlling the source of energy to release energy, and
• (e) using the released energy to activate the implanted operation device so as (i) to enlarge the restricted food passageway to allow food to readily pass therethrough into the patient's stomach, or to allow the patient to regurgitate, or (ii) to restrict the restricted food passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids and foods into the esophagus.

A method of treating a patient having heartburn and reflux disease, comprising the steps of:

• (a) placing at least two laparoscopical trocars in the patient's body,
• (b) inserting a dissecting tool through the trocars and dissecting an area of the stomach or esophagus,
• (c) placing an operable restriction device in the dissected area, so that the restriction device engages the stomach close to the cardia or engages the esophagus without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway in the stomach or esophagus,
• (d) implanting a source of energy in the patient,
• (e) implanting in the patient an operation device for operating said restriction device,
• (f) controlling the source of energy from outside the patient's body to release energy, and
• (g) using the released energy to activate the implanted operation device so as to (i) enlarge the restricted food passageway to allow food to readily pass therethrough into the patient's stomach, or to allow the patient to regurgitate, or (ii) restrict the restricted food passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids and foods into the esophagus.

A method of treating heartburn and reflux disease, comprising the steps of:

• placing at least two laparascopical trocars in a patient's body,
• inserting a dissecting tool through the trocars and dissecting an area of the stomach or esophagus,
• implanting an operable restriction device in the dissected area, so that the restriction device engages the stomach close to the cardia or engages the esophagus without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway in the stomach or esophagus,
• implanting an internal source of energy in the patient,
• providing an external source of energy,
• controlling the external source of energy to release wireless energy,
• transferring the wireless energy released from the external energy into storable energy,
• charging the internal source of energy with the storable energy, and
• using energy from the internal source of energy for operating the restriction device to restrict the passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids or foods into the patient's esophagus.