An access port locator system for adjustable gastric bands. The system
includes an access port with an RFID tag with its antenna adjacent to the
receiving portion of the port. The system includes a locator with radio
frequency transmitter/receiver circuitry for sending read or
interrogation signals to the RFID tag and for sending write signals to
the tag to write treatment data to memory of the RFID tag. The locator
also includes an antenna array with four patch antenna arranged in pairs
to model two monopulse radar antenna systems. The locator also includes
processor(s) and logic modules/circuitry for processing the tag response
signals received by the antenna array to determine location information
for the RFID tag and associated port, i.e., to identify the center of the
port relative to the antennae array or array face such as with strength
and direction information relative to the array face.