Hydraulic anal incontinence treatment
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1. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence, and engaging the colon or rectum of the patient to restrict the fecal passageway therein, and an adjustment device which adjusts said restriction device to restrict the colon or rectum to close the fecal passageway, or release the colon or rectum to open the fecal passageway, and a powered hydraulic operation device for operating said adjustment device.
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Abstract
An anal incontinence treatment apparatus and method includes and uses an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence. The restriction device engages the rectum of the patient to restrict the fecal passageway. An adjustment device is adapted to adjust the restriction device such that the rectum is temporarily released, in order to open the fecal passageway when the patient wishes to achieve defaecation.
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111 Claims
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1. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence, and engaging the colon or rectum of the patient to restrict the fecal passageway therein, and an adjustment device which adjusts said restriction device to restrict the colon or rectum to close the fecal passageway, or release the colon or rectum to open the fecal passageway, and a powered hydraulic operation device for operating said adjustment device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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26. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence, and engaging the colon or rectum of the patient to affect the fecal passageway therein, and an adjustment device which adjusts said restriction device to squeeze the colon or rectum to restrict the fecal passageway or release the colon or rectum to open the fecal passageway, wherein said adjustment device comprises servo means. - View Dependent Claims (27, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 90)
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76. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence, said restriction device having at least one restriction member engaging colon or rectum or it'"'"'s prolongation of the patient to affect the fecal passageway, a hydraulic adjustment device operated in a non-manual manner for adjusting said restriction device to restrict the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to close the fecal passageway. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82)
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77. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence, and engaging the colon or rectum of the patient to engage the fecal passageway, and an adjustment device which adjusts said restriction device to restrict the colon or rectum to close the fecal passageway or release the colon or rectum to open the fecal passageway, a reservoir implanted in the patient and containing a predetermined amount of hydraulic fluid, a conduit providing fluid connection between said reservoir and said hydraulic adjustment device, and an operation device implanted in the patient for operating said hydraulic adjustment device by distributing hydraulic fluid through said conduit between said reservoir and said hydraulic adjustment device, wherein said conduit, hydraulic adjustment device and operation device are devoid of any non-return valve to permit free flow of hydraulic fluid in both directions in said conduit. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 92, 93, 94)
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83. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence, said restriction device having at least one restriction member engaging the colon, rectum or the prolongation thereof of the patient to engage the fecal passageway, an adjustment device for adjusting said restriction device to restrict the colon, rectum or the prolongation thereof by means of said restriction member to close the fecal passageway or release the colon or rectum to open the fecal passageway, and an electrically powered operation device which operates said adjustment device. - View Dependent Claims (91, 95, 96)
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97. A method for treating anal incontinence, comprising:
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surgically implanting in the body of a patient suffering from anal incontinence an adjustable powered restriction device engaging the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to restrict the fecal passageway therein, and when desired to achieve defaecation adjusting the adjustable powered restriction device to temporarily release the fecal passageway. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105)
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106. A method for treating anal incontinence, comprising:
laparoscopicly implanting in the body of a patient suffering from anal incontinence an adjustable restriction device which directly engages a portion of the normal tissue in the colon or rectum or prolongation thereof, comprising;
placing at least two laparascopical trocars in the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s body, inserting a dissecting tool through the trocars and dissecting an area of the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, implanting an operable restriction device in the dissected area in engagement with the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to restrict the fecal passageway, and when desired to achieve defaecation adjusting said restriction device to temporarily release the fecal passageway. - View Dependent Claims (107, 108, 109, 110, 111)
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