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7608067 Patient-adjustable incontinence device (AID)  
A patient-adjustable device and surgical method for the treatment of urinary incontinence is disclosed herein. More specifically, the device is a mesh surrounded pillow which is implanted near the...
7572218 Implantable muscle closing prosthesis system, in particular in the anal channel area  
An implantable muscle closing prosthesis system, particularly for opening and closing the rectum, characterized in that it has a compression unit, which comprises a compression cuff ( 1 ) and a...
7371208 Careful incontinence treatment apparatus  
An apparatus for treating an anal or urinary incontinent patient includes a constriction device is applied on the patient's large intestine or urethra. The constriction device includes an elongate...
7367937 Gastric band  
A gastric band includes a balloon shaped and dimensioned to circumscribe the stomach at a predetermined location. The balloon includes a longitudinally extending body and a supply tube is secured...
7351198 Implantable adjustable sphincter system  
An implantable adjustable sphincter system is comprised of a band configured to encircle a portion of an anatomical passageway, a manual pump, a reservoir in fluid communication with the pump, and...
7338433 Remotely adjustable gastric banding method  
A remotely controllable gastric banding device ( 10 ) for placement around the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity. The device ( 10 ) comprises a gastric band ( 10 ) having an...
7288064 Gastric ring  
The gastric ring comprises an elongate element that can be deformed into a loop between a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, together with closure means suitable for folding the...
7282023 Method and device for controlling the inflation of an inflatable prosthetic envelope  
A method and device for controlling the inflation of a prosthesis, particularly applicable to gastric implants. A liquid-containing bag is connected to a unit defining a transfer circuit under the...
7258661 Stoma plug  
An ostomy plug is described comprising first and second chambers having adjacent ends coupled to, and in fluid communication with, each other. The first chamber may be for insertion into a stoma....
7118526 Device for generating an artificial constriction in the gastrointestinal tract  
A device for generating an artificial constriction in the gastrointestinal tract comprises a band ( 1 ), which can be placed annularly about a particular portion of the gastrointestinal tract, and...
7018398 System and method for treating urinary tract disorders  
A method, device, and system for treatment of urinary tract disorders is provided. The device includes a catheter having multiple lumens for insertion into a urinary bladder and for providing fluid...
7011622 Parylene coated components for artificial sphincters  
This invention provides an artificial sphincter including a component coated on at least one contacting surface with a polymeric material, the polymeric coating adapted to expand and return to an...
6966875 Adjustable gastric implant  
A gastric band implant characterized in that a strap constituted by an elongate piece is secured to the inside of an inflatable bag. The width and thickness of the piece are smaller than the...
6895972 Incontinence device insertion kit  
A kit to facilitate self-placement of an incontinence prevention device within the urethra includes a deployment base member, a deployment tube, a deployment pusher along with the incontinence...
6843766 Fecal incontinence management device  
An apparatus, and corresponding method, for management of fecal incontinence comprising a catheter having at least two electrodes and an inflatable balloon, a non-conductive sleeve surrounding the...
6786861 Distensible sling for urinary incontinence  
The invention provides a sling prosthesis ( 10 ) for urinary incontinence and also a method of treating urinary incontinence. The sling ( 10 ) has a flexible elongate member ( 12 ) and a...
6692484 Devices for extracting biliary or urinary stones  
A device ( 10 ) for extracting biliary or urinary stones, calculi or the like (stones 104 ) from the biliary or urinary tract ( 100 ) of a patient including a catheter shaft ( 12 ), a first...
6491623 Device for preventing fecal incontinence  
An implantable device for controlling a body conduit including a cuff portion adapted to substantially encircle a body conduit. An inlet tube is operatively connected for delivering fluid to the...
6461292 Anal incontinence treatment with wireless energy supply  
An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus and method include and use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon or rectum to form a restricted. An energy...
6328687 Female incontinence control device actuated by abdominal pressure  
A surgeon-implantable, fluid-filled, flexible device for automatically controlling stress incontinence in female patients employs a flexible diaphragm element positioned in the patient's abdominal...
6171230 Female incontinence catheter  
A female incontinence device made of a soft semi-collapsed hollow tube that can be easily inserted into the bladder by a patient or a healthcare professional. The proximal end can open diagonally...
6087396 Oxybutynin formulations and method of use  
Oxybutynin chloride formulations having increased stability at body temperature, even at high concentrations. These formulations comprise oxybutynin chloride at a pH of between 3.0 and 5.0, and may...
6042535 Flow-around valve  
A urethral valve system includes a valve balloon that inflates to provide continence and deflates to allow urine to flow around the balloon and an attached catheter that extends through the...
5989179 Bladder control device housing and method  
An intraurethral female bladder control apparatus and method for nonsurgically inserting the apparatus distally into a patient. A preferred apparatus has a rigid plastic inner housing with soft,...
5938669 Adjustable gastric banding device for contracting a patient's stomach  
An adjustable gastric banding device is used for contracting a patient's stomach in order to fight obesity. A gastric band (1) of a known type, implanted around the stomach and including a cavity...
5893826 Artificial sphincter urinary control system  
An inflatable cuff used as an artificial sphincter may be used in either of two different ways. The first embodiment involves the cuff encircling the urethra for maintaining pressure on it to...
5792042 Apparatus for treating incontinence in females  
An apparatus for treating incontinence in females includes an elongate body member having a first end and a second end; an internal plug member positioned at the first end of the body member; an...
5749826 Urinary incontinence control device  
A urinary incontinence control device including a catheter with a laterally extending projection which can be elastically deformed by an actuator from a protruding position for retention to a...
5722931 Female incontinence device  
A female incontinence device according to the present invention includes one or more rings of water swellable gel forming material mounted on a female incontinence plug or catheter. The water...
5704353 Urinary diagnostic catheter  
A system for monitoring the physical and chemical properties of urine in the urinary bladder and functioning of the bladder. For example, the system can include sensors for pressure, temperature,...
5609559 Device for female patients to prevent involuntary loss of urine  
An intra-vaginal device includes an anterior inflatable body having a hose extending therefrom and a pressure application zone structured and disposed to direct pressure against the urethra and...
5593443 Prosthetic anal sphincter  
A prosthetic anal sphincter is described which is implantable around the upper anal canal to reproduce the action of the sphincter muscles which maintain continence. This is achieved by inflating a...
5520606 Mechanical urinary sphincter device  
A method and apparatus for the treatment of urinary incontinence comprising the application of a compressive force to the tissue surrounding the urethra from below the urethra upwards towards the...
5518504 Implantable sphincter system utilizing lifting means  
An implantable artificial sphincter system for reversibly occluding a body passageway, preferably the urethra, enables the body passageway to be opened and closed in sequence due to the action of a...
5501669 Urinary catheter with reservoir shroud  
A method of shaping polymeric structures by coating a support structure with a bond-preventing agent to attain a particular shape and subsequently coating the shaped structure of the...
5478305 Prosthetic sphincter device  
The present invention relates to an implantable prosthetic sphincter device defining a closed pressure-fluid system operable by a recipient to control a body duct. The device includes an inflatable...
5300051 Urinary catheter device  
The organization is arranged to provide for a sterile spacing of the labia majora permitting retraction of the labia majora permitting ease of inserting a catheter device into the urethra. The...
5163897 Incontinent prothesis and method  
A urinary incontinence prosthesis in the form of an inflatable implant. The implant includes a uniquely configured balloon having a central portion for positioning adjacent the patient's urethra...
5123428 Laparoscopically implanting bladder control apparatus  
A method for implanting an artificial sphincter to control urinary incontinence in a patient includes two implantation procedures and an intervening interval of testing and healing. The first...
5097848 Incontinence bladder control method and apparatus  
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...
5078676 Control device for an artificial sphincter and implantable prosthesis including same  
A control device for an artificial sphincter for a natural bodily passage, in particular a urinary passage, which contains a variable volume envelope. The control device includes a first chamber in...
5041077 Intravaginal incontinence prosthesis  
Embodiments of a prosthesis designed to be used to treat female incontinence are disclosed. In each of the embodiments, the prosthesis is of generally U-shaped cross-section, including one leg of...
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...
5007894 Female incontinence device  
A female incontinence device inserted into the vagina for supporting the vaginal tissue on each side of the upper urethra so that the tissue therebetween will be stretched like a hammock and will...
4994020 Implantable artificial sphincter system  
An implantable artificial sphincter system for reversibly occluding a body passageway, which system includes occlusion means, pump means, and the unique feature of a fluid capacitor disposed on a...
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...
4961725 Device for controlling the flow of a fluid and a prosthetic organ equipped with this device  
A device for controlling the flow of a fluid, more especially a biological fluid and in particular the urinary flow, said device including a rod which, in the rest condition is sealingly clamped,...
4934999 Closure for a male urethra  
A closure device for a male urethra, which is formed by an elongated valve device to be inserted into the urethra and to be releasably fastened therein. The elongated object may be formed by a...
4881939 Implantable helical cuff  
The invention concerns an implantable, inflatable helical cuff which is wrapped about a tubular body member such as a nerve cord, esophagus, colon, intestine, or blood vessel in a pressure...
4878889 Artificial sphincter device  
Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling the discharge of materials through a body passage. The invention comprises a fluid actuated artificial sphincter mechanism that surrounds the body passage....
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