Artificial urinary sphincter system
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorSteven McClurg
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Abstract
An artificial urinary sphincter system includes a cuff, a pump, and a conduit provided to fluidly couple the cuff to the pump. The cuff is integrated to have a first compartment and a storage compartment. The first compartment is configured to contact the urethra and the storage compartment is fluidly coupled to the first compartment independent of the conduit. The pump is operable to cause a liquid to move between the first compartment and the storage compartment. The cuff is a pressurizable reservoir that is sized to be placed around a urethra of a user and configured to coapt the urethra in treating urinary incontinence.
Claims21
An artificial urinary sphincter system comprising:
- a cuff;
- a pump;
- and
- a conduit provided to fluidly couple the cuff to the pump;
- wherein the cuff is integrated to comprise a first compartment and a storage compartment, the first compartment configured to contact the urethra and the storage compartment fluidly coupled to the first compartment independent of the conduit;
- wherein the pump is operable to cause a liquid to move between the first compartment and the storage compartment;
- and
- wherein the cuff is a pressurizable reservoir that is sized to be placed around a urethra of a user and configured to coapt the urethra in treating urinary incontinence.
An artificial urinary sphincter system comprising:
- a cuff;
- a pump;
- and
- a conduit provided to fluidly couple the cuff to the pump;
- wherein the cuff is integrated to comprise a first compartment and a storage compartment, the first compartment configured to contact the urethra and the storage compartment fluidly coupled to the first compartment independent of the conduit;
- wherein the pump is operable to cause a liquid to move between the first compartment and the storage compartment;
- and
- wherein the cuff is a pressurizable reservoir and is pressurizable to a pressure above a steady-state equilibrium pressure of the system, the cuff being sized to be placed around a urethra of a user and configured to coapt the urethra in treating urinary incontinence.
An artificial urinary sphincter system comprising:
- a cuff;
- a pump;
- and
- a conduit provided to fluidly couple the cuff to the pump;
- wherein the cuff is integrated to comprise a first compartment and a storage compartment, the first compartment configured to contact the urethra and the storage compartment fluidly coupled to the first compartment independent of the conduit, the cuff being sized to be placed around a urethra of a user;
- wherein the pump is operable to cause a liquid to move between the first compartment and the storage compartment;
- and
- wherein the cuff is pressurizable between a first pressure wherein the cuff operates to coapt the urethra of the user to provide the user with a continent state, to a second pressure different from the first pressure wherein the cuff operates to allow the user to pass urine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.