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5088980 Intra-urethral valve with integral spring  
A prosthetic urethral sphincter valve with an integral spring valve member which comprises an elastic valve element having an upper portion which defines a central fluid passage and a lower...
5082006 Device for preventing involuntary micturition  
A device for preventing involuntary micturition, preferably in human females, comprises an oblong, comparatively thin shaft (1). This shaft (1) carries at least one knob (2, 3, 4) forming a...
5069660 Urethra prosthetic for relieving prostatic problems  
The invention relates to a prosthetic device for keeping open the lumen of a prostatic urethra. The device includes a body of a physiologically acceptable, perforated, resilient material that can...
5064434 Genitourinary implant  
An apparatus for increasing local tissue volume at an injection site including an expandable containment membrane (4) for being hypodermically implanted into a patient. The containment membrane is...
5041136 Implantable artificial soft bladder system  
An implantable artificial bladder soft system is provided which comprises an at least partially deformation resistant support base, a compliant deformable diaphragm, an inlet means, an outlet...
5013292 Surgical correction of female urinary stress incontinence and kit therefor  
A surgical kit is provided, for a urethropexy procedure, comprising at least one needle (comprising a cannula and a trocar), a pair of implants and a tray for supporting and packaging the needle(s)...
5012822 Method for controlling urinary incontinence  
A method and apparatus for controlling urinary incontinence in a patient includes positioning a reservoir containing fluid subcutaneously over the patient's anterior pubis; an inflatable...
5004454 Auxiliary intra-urethral magnetic valve for persons suffering from urinary incontinence  
A urethral magnetic valve for insertion into the urethra of a person suffering from incontinence includes a plastic tube of a diameter suitable for insertion close to the bladder. It forms a valve...
4994019 Magnetic occluding device  
A self-contained, implantable device for controlling passage of material through internal body conduits, and in particular to control the material passage through a closure point commonly referred...
4976735 Prosthetic bladder and method of prosthesis implantation  
The present invention relates to a fixed volume prosthetic urinary bladder for use in a human being. The invention, more particularly, concerns a prosthetic urinary bladder comprising a vent...
4969902 Implantable device  
An artificial anus includes a hollow tubular support member, having a cylindrical body portion and a pair of radially-extending flanges at the two opposed open ends of the body portion, and a...
4968294 Urinary control valve and method of using same  
A silicone valve is placed in the orifice of the urethra. The valve tube includes a pair of blade valve elements which extend from the valve side wall forwardly and inwardly. The tube includes a...
4857041 Urinary incontinence prostheses  
A prosthetic device (10) suitable for use in the treatment of stress incontinence in women by location as a cuff around the urethra, to elevate the bladder following prolapse, comprises a body (11)...
4846818 Incontinence appliance  
A device for alleviating problems associated with urinary incontinence in female patients that has an external, magnetically retained, elastically expandable receptacle which includes a rim that...
4828560 Spring ring tissue expander  
An improved tissue expansion device for implantation beneath the skin, the improvement being the incorporation of a tensioning ring within the shell of the device. The tension ring exerts an...
4822333 Urethral endoprosthesis  
A urinary catheter forming a continent urethral endoprosthesis equipped with an artificial sphincter which is devoid of an exterior device. The prosthesis includes a tubular body having one end...
4773393 Hypodermically implantable genitourinary prosthesis  
Apparatus for hypodermically implanting a genitourinary prosthesis comprising an extensible, inflatable tissue expanding containment membrane to be located in the proximal periurethral tissues to...
4686962 Disposable cartridge assembly for hypodermically implanting a genitourinary prosthesis  
A non-surgical method for implanting a genitourinary prosthesis comprising an extensible, inflatable tissue expanding containment membrane to be located between the urethra and the subcutaneous...
4679546 Implantable shut-off device  
A shut-off device particularly suitable for implantations in the urethra provided with a tubular housing having attaching means for permanent fitting on the wall tissue of the urethra, a valve...
4619245 Mechanical prosthetic sphincter  
The prosthetic sphincter includes a manually controllable actuating component for implantation at a convenient location in a patient's body. This actuating component is mechanically connected...
4556050 Artificial sphincter including a shape memory member  
An artificial sphincter includes an implantable clamp which selectively pinches closed or opens a vessel in a living body. The clamp includes a spring member and a shape memory member that has a...
4553533 Intra-urethral prosthetic sphincter valve  
A prosthetic urethral sphincter valve that is placed totally within a patient's urethra, the valve including a collapsible flexible thin-walled annular bag member secured in a rigid casing with...
4552128 Elastomechanical sphincter  
An elastomechanical sphincter comprising a prosthetic device for implantation about a patient's lumen such as the urethra for closing and opening the lumen. The prosthetic sphincter includes a body...
4551862 Prosthetic sphincter  
A prosthetic sphincter is designed to surround a waste elimination passage in a patient, such as the lower colon or urethra for realizing continence. The artificial sphincter itself comprises a...
4453536 Body channel occluder  
A device which can act as a manually operable valve to permit or to prevent flow of bodily fluids, particularly urine, within their normal channels. The device is surgically implanted completely...
4401107 Intestinal control valve  
The control valve is arranged to surround the anal-terminating descending intestine of a patient for realizing continence; that is function as an artificial sphincter. The valve itself comprises a...
4258705 Magnetic system for use in sealing body openings  
A magnet system for sealing devices for artificial or natural intestinal or similar ducts, comprising a ring-magnet to implant in the tissue around the duct and a rod-shaped center magnet member...
4217899 Colonic endoprosthesis  
A colonic endoprosthesis includes a tubular jacket element which consists of two tubular members which are telescopically received within one another and arrested in a telescoped position thereof...
4210132 Artificial sphincter  
An artificial sphincter for closure of a channel in a patient's body communicating with an opening adjacent the outside of the patient's body. The sphincter comprises, a generally annular member...
4209010 Artificial sphincter  
An artificial sphincter for closure of a channel in a patient's body communicating with an opening adjacent the outside of the patient's body. The sphincter comprises, an elongated sheet of...
4209009 Anus closure tampon and method of manufacture  
To provide reliable holding of a closure tampon for incontinent natural anus or an artificial anus after colostomy, an elongated essentially cylindrical body of cellular material, for example...
4204282 Implantable artificial sphincter  
An implantable artificial sphincter in the form of a sleeve for receiving and supporting therein the remaining terminal end of healthy bowel tissue. The sleeve is provided with multiple openings...
4154226 Magnetically operated closure for an intestinal orifice  
An implantate comprising an essentially annular permanent magnet which is axially magnetized is located in the vicinity of an orifice from an intestine, surrounding the intestine. A plug element...
4118805 Artificial sphincter  
An improved artificial sphincter for occluding a duct. The basic sphincter includes means to increase the occlusive force about the duct and means to control the increase of such occlusive force....
4024855 Magnetic filamentary structure and method for using the same  
A magnetic structure in the form of a filament which can be wound into a coil or the like. Such a structure can be made compatible with human tissue and implanted so that with a pair of such coils,...
4019499 Compression implant for urinary incontinence  
A compression implant to resist the flow of urine through the urethra comprising a cap, an external planar pressure face on the cap, a base, an external bearing face on the base, and a peripheral...
3952726 Medical device  
A kit for closing the intestinal opening on an anus praeter patient, which comprises at least one permanent magnet adapted to be positioned in the region of the intestinal opening and magnetic...
3939821 Magnetically actuated tube compressing valve  
A valve for compressing a duct or vessel within a living animal having a permanent magnetic core enveloped by a biochemically inert sheath surgically implanted adjacent the duct or vessel and...
3926175 Implantable valve for medical purposes  
A valve is provided which is intended to be implanted in the body of a human or animal and which is intended to be used to control the flow of body fluid through a conduit. The valve may be used,...
3817237 REGULATORY APPARATUS  
A regulatory apparatus for controlling the movement of fluids, cells and energy in conveying structure, as spermatazoa in the ductus deferens or signals in nerve fibers. The regulatory apparatus...
3815576 ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER  
An artificial sphincter including a U-shaped resilient clamp adapted to normally engage and close a urethra, a piston-cylinder device located between the ends of the clamp, and a fluid-filled...
3810259 IMPLANTABLE URINARY CONTROL APPARATUS  
An implantable urinary control apparatus for controlling the flow of urine from the bladder including a pump adapted to be connected to the bladder for pumping urine out of the bladder and into a...
3789828 URETHRAL PROSTHESIS  
A prosthesis to resist the flow of urine through the urethra, which comprises a fluid-impervious, flexible and deformable capsule having a gel-filled, or gel and liquid-filled cavity therein. A...
3749098 APPARATUS FOR INTRACORPOREAL CONTROL, IN PARTICULAR OF THE CROSS-SECTION OF AN ORGANIC VESSEL OR DUCT  
An apparatus for causing a semi-permanent constriction of an intracorporeal duct comprises a synchronous magnetic coupling having driving and driven rotors and in accordance with the invention, a...
3731670 CORPOREAL FLUID CONTROL USING BISTABLE MAGNETIC DUCT VALVE  
A binary duct valve comprising a tubular housing containing a magnetically sensitive closure member (e.g., a spheroid) small enough to move freely in said housing, and a pair of magnetized valve...
3575158 METHOD OF CONTROLLING URINE FLOW FROM THE BLADDER WITH AN INPLANTABLE PUMP  
An implantable urinary control apparatus for controlling the flow of urine from the bladder including a pump connected to the bladder for pumping urine out of the bladder and into a natural or...
3384073 Surgical device for correction of urinary incontinence  
3066667 Apparatus for control of urinary incontinence  
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