Surgery – Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-24
2006-01-24
Lacyk, John P. (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Reexamination Certificate
active
06988983
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is an attenuation device comprising a flexible housing and a medium capable of transformation to inflate the housing from the first configuration to the second configuration. Also disclose herein are methods of treating a patient, comprising: providing a self-inflating expandable attenuation device, containing a medium which is transformable from a first, reduced volume to a second, expanded volume; positioning the attenuation device within the patient at a treatment site; and transforming the medium from the first volume to the second volume. In one embodiment, a self-inflating expandable attenuation device is used to treat urinary tract dysfunction. In another embodiment, a self-inflating expandable attenuation device is used to treat benign hypertrophy of the prostate.
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Cao Hung H.
Connors Kevin G.
Kilcoyne John T.
Nguyen Khoi M.
Pintauro William L.
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Lacyk John P.
Solace Therapeutics, Inc.
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