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US 11,872,106 B2Granted
Device and method for controlling fecal incontinence
AssigneeForConti Medical Ltd.
InventorHaim Ackerman
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Abstract
This invention is directed to a device and a method for controlling fecal incontinence. The device of this invention is easily inserted into the rectum, and is designed for remaining where required in the rectum, above the dentate line and hemorrhoidal vein area, despite the peristaltic movements of the intestine.
Claims16
A fecal incontinence controlling device comprising
- an inflatable body comprising
- a core;
- an outer surface;
- a port;
- and
- an exhaust valve;
- inflating means attached to the port;
- deflating means attached to the inflatable body;
- and
- withdrawal means attached to the exhaust valve of the inflatable body,
- wherein the outer surface comprises inflatable protrusions, wherein any one of the inflating means and the deflating means are configured to be attached and detached from the port;
- wherein the withdrawal means is configured to be attached and detached from the inflatable body;
- and
- wherein the inflatable body has an inflated configuration and a deflated configuration and wherein, in the inflated configuration, the inflatable protrusions are inflated, such that, when subject to peristaltic movements, the body in the inflated configuration remains about in place in the rectum or moves upwards due to peristalsis, rather than moving naturally downwards.
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A method for controlling fecal incontinence in a patient, said method comprising:
- inserting an inflatable body in a deflated configuration into the rectum until reaching a position above the dentate line, wherein said inflatable body comprises a core, an outer surface, a port and an exhaust valve, wherein the outer surface comprises inflatable protrusions;
- inflating the inflatable body by inflating means attached to the port thereby transforming the inflatable body to the inflated configuration to provide an inflated body, wherein, in the inflated configuration, the inflatable protrusions are inflated;
- detaching the inflating means from the port;
- and, when desired or required to remove the inflated body from the rectum, if not already attached, attaching deflating means to the inflated body,
- deflating the inflated body by the deflating means, thereby transforming the inflatable body to the deflated configuration to provide a deflated body, wherein, in the deflated configuration, the inflatable protrusions are deflated;
- if not already attached, attaching withdrawal means to the exhaust valve of the deflated body;
- withdrawing the deflated body from the rectum by withdrawal means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.