Methods and devices for optimizing the operation of a restriction system
for forming a restriction in a patient are disclosed. In one exemplary
embodiment, a method for optimizing the operation of a gastric
restriction system includes providing an implantable restriction system
for forming a restriction in a patient, determining an optimum value of a
control parameter of the restriction system, and maintaining the control
parameter at the optimum value such that a result parameter of the
restriction system is substantially convergent as a function of time.
Determining an optimum value of a control parameter can generally include
adjusting the restriction device, determining the value of the control
parameter to be optimized, and repeating the steps of adjusting the
restriction device and determining the value of the control parameter
until the control parameter is substantially convergent as a function of
time.
