Controlled anal incontinence disease treatment
First Claim
1. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon close to the cardia or engaging the rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, a source of energy for energizing said restriction device, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing energy from said source of energy, said released energy being used in connection with the operation of said restriction device.
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Abstract
An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus and method include and use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon or engaging the rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum. A source of energy for energizing the restriction device is provided, as well as a control device for releasing energy from the source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body. The released energy is used in connection with the operation of the restriction device, i.e. to enlarge and contract the fecal passageway to allow or substantially prevent passage of fecal material through the passageway.
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128 Claims
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1. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon close to the cardia or engaging the rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, a source of energy for energizing said restriction device, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing energy from said source of energy, said released energy being used in connection with the operation of said restriction 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, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124)
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125. A method of treating anal incontinence disease, comprising:
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implanting an operable restriction device in a patient engaging the colon close to the cardia or engages the rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, providing a source of energy for energizing the restriction device, and controlling the source of energy to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (126)
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127. A method of treating anal incontinence disease, comprising:
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placing at least two laparascopical trocars in a patient'"'"'s body, inserting a dissecting tool through the trocars and dissecting an area of the colon or rectum, placing an operable restriction device in the dissected area, so that the restriction device engages the colon close to the cardia or engages the rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, implanting a source of energy in the patient, and controlling the implanted source of energy from outside the patients body to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device.
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128. A method of treating anal incontinence disease, comprising:
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placing at least two laparascopical trocars in a patient'"'"'sbody, inserting a dissecting tool through the trocars and dissecting an area of the colon or rectum, implanting an operable restriction device in the dissected area, so that the restriction device engages the colon close to the cardia or engages the rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, implanting an energy transfer device in the patient, providing an external source of energy, controlling the external source of energy to release wireless energy, and transferring the wireless energy by the energy transfer device into energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device.
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