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US 11,690,704 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for monitoring implantable device for urinary continence
AssigneeUromedica, Inc.
InventorsJohn H. Burton, Timothy C. Cook
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Abstract
One or more sensors are incorporated onto one or more of an implantable device and a surgical tool used for placement and/or adjustment of the implantable device. The implantable device includes an adjustable membrane element for controllable coaptation of a body lumen, such as coaptation of a urethra as treatment for urinary incontinence. In various embodiments, the one or more sensors can be configured to detect information indicative of at least one of a shape of the adjustable membrane element, a position of the adjustable membrane element relative to the body lumen, or a shape of the body lumen.
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An implantable device kit for controllable coaptation of a body lumen in tissue of a living body, comprising:
- two implantable devices each including:
- an adjustable membrane element including a continuous wall having an inner surface defining a chamber, the adjustable membrane element configured to coapt the body lumen;
- an elongate conduit including a conduit peripheral surface, a conduit rear end, a conduit front end, and a conduit lumen, the conduit peripheral surface connected to and sealed to the adjustable membrane element at or near the conduit front end, the conduit lumen having a first opening at the conduit rear end, a second opening in fluid communication with the chamber;
- and a closed end at or near the conduit front end;
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- a rear port connected to the conduit rear end and including a cavity in fluid communication with the first opening of the conduit lumen;
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- two sensor probes each configured to be partially placed in one implantable device of the two implantable devices and each including:
- a probe front end having a sharp tip and configured to enter the conduit lumen of the one implantable device by piercing through the rear port of the one implantable device and reach the closed end of the conduit lumen;
- and
- a sensor configured to detect information indicative of a degree of the coaptation of the body lumen,
- wherein the two implantable devices are each configured to be completely enclosed within the tissue by implantation with the adjustable membrane element adjacent the body lumen.
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An implantable device kit for controllable coaptation of a body lumen in tissue of a living body, comprising:
- two sensor probes each including a probe front end and a sensor incorporated onto the probe front end and configured to detect information indicative of a degree of the coaptation of the body lumen;
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- two implantable devices each including:
- an adjustable membrane element including a continuous wall having an inner surface defining a chamber, the adjustable membrane element configured to coapt the body lumen;
- an elongate conduit including a conduit peripheral surface, a conduit rear end, a conduit front end, a first conduit lumen, and a second conduit lumen, the conduit peripheral surface connected to and sealed to the adjustable membrane element at or near the conduit front end, the first conduit lumen having a first opening at the conduit rear end and a second opening in fluid communication with the chamber, the second conduit lumen having an inlet configured to receive a portion of the sensor probe including the probe front end and an closed end at or near the conduit front end and is configured to allow the probe front to advance to the closed end;
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- a rear port connected to the conduit rear end and including a cavity in fluid communication with the first opening of the first conduit,
- wherein the two implantable devices are each configured to be completely enclosed within the tissue by implantation with the adjustable membrane element adjacent the body lumen.
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A method for controllable coaptation of a body lumen in tissue of a living body, comprising:
- providing controllable coaptation of the body lumen using two implantable devices each including:
- an adjustable membrane element including a continuous wall having an inner surface defining a chamber;
- and
- an elongate conduit including a conduit peripheral surface connected to and sealed to the adjustable membrane element, a conduit rear end, a conduit front end, and a conduit lumen extending longitudinally in the conduit from a first opening at the rear end to a second opening in fluid communication with the chamber of the implantable device for adjustably expanding or contracting the adjustable membrane element by a flowable material introduced through the first opening,
- wherein the two implantable devices are each configured to be completely enclosed within the tissue by implantation with the adjustable membrane element adjacent the body lumen;
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- providing two sensor probes each configured to be partially placed in one implantable device of the two implantable devices and including a sensor configured to detect information indicative of a degree of the coaptation of the body lumen when the sensor probe is partially placed in the one implantable device after the one implantable device is completely enclosed within the tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.