An implantable restriction device is configured to provide a restriction
in a patient as a function of the pressure of fluid. The implantable
restriction device includes one or more pressure sensors configured to
sense pressure of the fluid within the implantable restriction device.
Pressure data obtained by the one or more pressure sensors may be
communicated to a device located external to the patient, which may
process the pressure data, and may further provide a display to a user
including information relating to the processed pressure data. Where the
implantable restriction device comprises an adjustable gastric band, the
one or more pressure sensors may be located in any number of the
following locations: an injection port, an interface between the
injection port and a catheter, in a catheter, in-line with a catheter,
adjacent to a catheter, in a gastric band, in a gastric band buckle, or
elsewhere.