Use of injectable biomaterials for the repair and augmentation of the anal sphincters
AssigneeJSF Consultants Ltd.
InventorJeffrey S. Freed
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Abstract
This invention discloses methods of repairing structurally defective or inadequately functioning muscles of the anal sphincter and methods of improving the competency of incompetent anal sphincters by administering an effective amount of an injectable biomaterial into the defect or into the anal sinuses. Preferred biomaterials to be used in this invention are collagen formulations.
Claims13
A method of improving the competency of incompetent anal sphincters comprising (1) selecting an injectable biomaterial capable of persisting at a site of its injection for at least three months, and (2) injecting an effective amount of the injectable material into the anal sinuses between the blood vessels, sufficient to improve competency of the incompetent anal sphincter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.