Medical device comprising a liquid balloon for forming artificial sphincters
AssigneeA.M.I. Agency for Medical Innovations GmbH
InventorsMartin HOHLRIEDER, Roland HUBER
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Abstract
A device including a liquid balloon (1), a pump unit (5) connected to the liquid balloon (1) via a first connection line (3) for pumping liquid into the liquid balloon (1) and for pumping liquid out of the liquid balloon (1), an electric motor (6) for driving the pump unit (5), a battery (7) for supplying energy to the electric motor (6) and an electronic control unit (8) for controlling the electric motor (6). The device further includes a manual actuating unit (51) for removing liquid from the liquid balloon (1) and for pumping liquid back into the liquid balloon (1), the manual actuating unit (51) having a flexible pump body (30) which is connected to the liquid balloon (1) via a second connection line (31).
Claims15
A device comprising:
- a liquid balloon;
- a pump unit connected to the liquid balloon via a first connecting line for pumping liquid into the liquid balloon and for pumping liquid out of the liquid balloons;
- an electric motor for driving the pump unit;
- a battery for supplying power to the electric motor;
- an electronic control unit configured to control the electric motor;
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- a manual operating unit for removing liquid from the liquid balloon and for pumping liquid back into the liquid balloon, the manual operating unit including a flexible pump body which is connected to the liquid balloon via a second connecting line.
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