Article: Publication No. EP2090270 Published on Aug. 19, Assigned to Ethicon Endo-Surgery for Automatically Adjusting Band System (American Inventors)

VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 27 -- Mark S. Ortiz, Jr. Daniel F. Dlugos, David N. Plescia, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris and Mark S. Zeiner - all from the U.S., have developed a automatically adjusting band system.

The patent has been assigned to Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., Cincinnati.

According to an abstract posted by the European Patent Office, "Devices and methods for forming a restriction in a patient are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a restriction system is provided including an implantable restriction device, an implantable port in fluid communication with the implantable restriction device, and an implantable pump in fluid communication with the restriction device. In general, ...

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