Surgery – Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Patent
1998-11-12
2000-08-15
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
A61F 200
Patent
active
061028487
ABSTRACT:
An incontinence system includes an anchoring mechanism and a channel with a blocking valve positioned in the channel, the blocking valve in a first state prevents urine flow through the channel and in a second state allows urine to flow through the channel. The anchoring mechanism may be a fixation balloon that is contoured to the geometry of the bladder near the opening to the urethra. When urine flows through the channel it flows around a lumen that provides access to the fixation balloon. The fixation balloon may be attached to a shortened Foley-type catheter, with the catheter providing the channel through the balloon. The catheter may contain a lumen that provides access to the blocking valve and it may also contain the lumen that provides access to the fixation balloon. The fixation balloon is inserted in a deflated state and inflated to hold the system in place. The fixation balloon remains inflated with the blocking valve providing continence and allowing voiding. The blocking value may be a conventional valve that is activated remotely or it may be controlled via a lumen or string that connects to the valve and provides access from outside the body. The blocking valve may be a string that expands when relaxed and narrows when stretched.
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Hindenburg Max
SRS Medical Systems, Inc.
Szmal Brian
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