Surgery – Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or... – Implanted
Patent
1997-08-04
2000-10-24
Cohen, Lee
Surgery
Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Implanted
128DIG25, 607 40, A61F 200
Patent
active
061359459
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for preventing uncontrolled discharge of urinary fluid from a patient urethra includes a pressure sensor operable for sensing intra-abdominal pressure when implanted in a patient and operable for generating a pressure signal in response to said sensed pressure, An actuating device is operably coupled to the pressure sensor and is responsive for generating an electrical signal in response to the pressure signal. A controller is operably coupled to the actuating device and configured for engaging a urethra to selectively compress the urethra and prevent incontinence. The controller includes a plate adapted to be positioned on one side of the urethra and an element adapted to be positioned on another side of the urethra and is operable for varying the distance between the element and the plate in response to said electrical signal to compress the urethra therebetween so that incontinence is prevented when intra-abdominal pressure is experienced by a patient.
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Cohen Lee
Gibson Roy
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