PHILIP M COHEN
Physician Assistant at Terrie Dr, Dulles, VA
License number
Florida 9106662
Issued Date
Jun 27, 2012
Effective Date
Jun 27, 2012
Expiration Date
Jan 31, 2018
Category
Health Care
Type
Physician Assistant
Address
Address
268 Terrie Dr, Dulles, VA 20165
Phone
(703) 450-1531
Professional information
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band
US Patent:
2012014, Jun 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec 8, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/314678
Inventors:
Philip Cohen - Sterling VA, US
International Classification:
A61F 2/00
US Classification:
600 37
Abstract:
An adjustable gastric band (AGB) positionable around a human stomach to limit the flow of food therethrough is provided with an improved structure for receiving and retaining suture from the stomach to the gastric restrictive device and thereby enabling a safer gastro-gastric plication while simultaneously preventing movement of the gastric fundus relative to the gastric restrictive device while additionally reducing the risk of tissue in-growth around and through the fenestrations, apertures or interstices of prior adjustable gastric band (AGB) structures for receiving and retaining sutures, which will render this embodiment safer in regard to the need for any potential revision procedures which may require relocating, removing or replacing the adjustable gastric bands in the future as well as enabling a safer gastro-gastricbuttress plication which will reduce the incidence of both “slippage” and “erosion.”