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US 7,803,106 B2Granted
Urinary flow control device and method
AssigneeAbbeyMoor Medical, Inc.
InventorsMark J. Whalen, Lloyd K. Willard
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AssigneeAbbeyMoor Medical, Inc.
InventorsMark J. Whalen, Lloyd K. Willard
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A urinary flow control device having a bladder responsive flow control assembly operatively engaged with an elongate member having proximal and distal ends, and a lumen capable of discharging urine therethrough is provided. The flow control assembly includes first and second fluid containing compartments adapted to be in fluid communication. The flow control assembly is adapted to receive and contain urine from a bladder so as to impinge upon the first fluid containing compartment. The flow control assembly is responsive to increased bladder pressure such that fluid is displaced from the first fluid containing compartment to the second fluid containing compartment to thereby permit select passage of received urine to the lumen of the elongate member for discharge therethrough. A method of controlling urinary flow is likewise provided.
An endourethral device comprising an elongate body having proximal and distal end portions and a lumen therethrough for urine passage, said proximal end portion including an anchoring element for engagement with a portion of a bladder neck and a fluid filled plug, said fluid filled plug having first and second portions wherein said first portion sectionally traverses a segment of said lumen so as to form a seal with a lumen defining wall of said elongate body, said first portion of said fluid filled plug being responsive to increasing bladder pressure such that said seal is deformed so as to thereby permit urine passage between said wall and said first portion of said fluid filled plug.
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