Prosthetic urinary sphincter

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1978-10-12

1981-03-17

Truluck, Dalton L.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128346, 128DIG25, 137493, A61B 1900, A61F 100

Patent

active

042560934

ABSTRACT:
A pump/valve unit for controlling the inflation and deflation of a urethral collar in a prosthetic urinary sphincter device is disclosed including a compressible bulb pump defining a reservoir made integral with a valve unit for implant wherein the valve unit includes a movable valve member operable by depression of a flexible portion of the valve unit housing for controlling fluid flow between the reservoir and collar and a pressure sensing means which operates the valve member to relieve an excess pressure in the collar should too much pressure be applied by the patient.

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patent: 2455859 (1948-12-01), Foley
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patent: 3854469 (1974-12-01), Giori et al.
patent: 3863622 (1975-02-01), Buuck
patent: 4064882 (1977-12-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 4167952 (1979-09-01), Reinicke
Timm et al.-IEEE Transact. Bio-Med. Engr., Oct. 1970, p. 352.

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