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US 10,226,318 B2Granted
Method of treating urinary incontinence by implanting a tube providing a pressure-regulating storage compartment
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorSteven McClurg
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Abstract
A method of treating urinary incontinence includes providing a device having a cuff configured to coapt a urethra of a patient in treating diagnosed urinary incontinence, a pump, and a tube attachable between the cuff and the pump. The method includes providing the tube with a first lumen separated from a second lumen by a wall internal to the tube, and providing at least a portion of an exposed exterior wall of the second lumen to expand to provide the second lumen with an inflatable storage compartment.
Claims13
A method of treating urinary incontinence, the method comprising:
- providing a device to treat urinary incontinence including a cuff configured to coapt a urethra of a patient, a pump, and a tube attachable between the cuff and the pump;
- providing the tube with a first lumen separated from a second lumen by a wall internal to the tube;
- providing at least a portion of an exposed exterior wall of the second lumen to expand to provide the second lumen with an inflatable storage compartment;
- providing to a surgeon instructions for use on implantation of the device;
- implanting the cuff around the urethra of the patient, implanting the pump into one of a labia and a scrotum of the patient, connecting the tube between the cuff and the pump, and implanting the tube into the body of the patient by extending the tube including the second lumen out from one of the labia and the scrotum to the cuff around the urethra.
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A method of treating urinary incontinence, the method comprising:
- providing a cuff, a pump, and a single tube integrated to comprise a first lumen communicating between the cuff and the pump and a separate second lumen communicating between the cuff and the pump, with the separate second lumen separated from the first lumen by a wall where the single tube contacts the cuff;
- implanting the cuff around a urethra of a patient, implanting the pump into one of a scrotum and a labia located external a pelvis of the patient, connecting the single tube between the cuff and the pump and implanting the single tube into the body of the patient including extending the first lumen and the separate second lumen from the pump to a location inside of the pelvis distal a bladder of the patient;
- configuring the cuff to inflate with a cuff volume of liquid that is selected to constrict the cuff around the urethra of the patient in treating urinary incontinence;
- operating the pump and moving the cuff volume of liquid out of the cuff, thus deflating the cuff and reducing constriction of the cuff around the urethra;
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- providing an opening between the second lumen and the cuff, with the opening adapted for allowing the cuff volume of liquid to flow out of the second lumen, through the opening, and into the cuff.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.