Implantable device for internal urinary control
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for implanting an implantable apparatus for obtaining urinary control and emptying of the urinary bladder, thereby preventing from or treating involuntary urinary retention. In general terms, the apparatus comprises an expandable member adapted to be implanted inside the urinary bladder of the patient for discharging urine, and a control device for controlling the volume of the expandable member. The control device is adapted to be connected to the expandable member through the wall of the urinary bladder.
Claims22
-85. (canceled)
A method implanting an apparatus for treating a urinary retention of a patient by discharging urine from a mammal urinary bladder through a mammal urethra, comprising the steps of:
- cutting the skin of the patient;
- dissecting an area of at least one portion of a urinary bladder of a patient;
- incising an opening in a wall of the urinary bladder;
- placing an expandable member inside the urinary bladder;
- placing a control device outside the urinary bladder, wherein the control device is adapted to control the volume of the expandable member for emptying the urinary bladder;
- and
- releasably interconnecting the expandable member and the control device with an interconnection device comprising a detachable coupling, to form a detachable interconnection between the expandable member and the control device through wall of the urinary bladder.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.