| abstract |
A bariatric instrument or accessory with sensors (28) which is used for sensing or monitoring parameters related to a patient during the placement, adjustment or in vivo duration of a bariatric or intraluminal device (10) such as a balloon, stent, feeding tube or other. The instrument or accessory may sense parameters from direct patient contact, nonpatient contact such as intraluminal data, or indirect patient contact. The instrument (20) could be used during placement and adjustment of a device. The accessory (30) could be attached to a bariatric or intraluminal device (10) for the placement or adjustment of a bariatric device, or could be left on the bariatric device for in vivo placement. The sensors (28) may be wired or wireless and the instrument (20) may contain a single sensor, multiple sensors (28) or a sensor array (29) Parametric data may be read real time on an external controller display. |