Anti-incontinent prostheses

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1982-03-01

1984-01-31

Kamm, William E.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128DIG25, A61B 1900

Patent

active

044283652

ABSTRACT:
An anti-incontinent prosthesis comprising a support member formable into at least one generally spiral turn for location about the corpus spongiosum. A plurality of inflatable chambers are disposed on the turn and connected to a pump means for applying fluid pressure to said chambers to constrict the urethra.

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Stanley, Theodore H. "Artificial Control of Fecal Incontinence," Surgery (Nov. 1970), vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 852-856.

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