In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an implantable
surgical device having a deployed shape and an undeployed shape. The
device includes an elongated flexible inflatable balloon portion and an
elongated flexible and substantially inextensible band portion. The band
portion has a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis
therebetween. The band portion is attached to the balloon portion along
an inner face thereof. When the device is in its undeployed shape at
least a portion of the band portion has a concave cross section taken
perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.