Magnetic filamentary structure and method for using the same
First Claim
1. In a method to be performed on subjects such as human beings, animals, and the like, the step of implanting in internal tissue of the subject a means for dynamically acting through the tissue in which it is implanted for changing the condition of the subject, said means which is implanted in said tissue including a filamentary permanent magnet structure shaped to have a configuration providing between adjoining portions of the filamentary structure spaces which will enable ingrowth of tissue to take place into said spaces of the filamentary magnet so that the magnetic properties thereof are capable of giving to the tissue in which it is implanted a muscular characteristic.
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Abstract
A magnetic structure in the form of a filament which can be wound into a coil or the like. Such a structure can be made compatible with human tissue and implanted so that with a pair of such coils, for example, situated on opposite sides of a passage such as the urethra, it is possible to control the flow of fluid through a body passage.
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- 1. In a method to be performed on subjects such as human beings, animals, and the like, the step of implanting in internal tissue of the subject a means for dynamically acting through the tissue in which it is implanted for changing the condition of the subject, said means which is implanted in said tissue including a filamentary permanent magnet structure shaped to have a configuration providing between adjoining portions of the filamentary structure spaces which will enable ingrowth of tissue to take place into said spaces of the filamentary magnet so that the magnetic properties thereof are capable of giving to the tissue in which it is implanted a muscular characteristic.
- 6. A body made up of a filamentary structure having the properties of a permanent magnet and including filamentary portions situated next to and adjoining each other and defining between themselves spaces into which tissue can grow when the body is implanted.
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