Corrective device of urinary incontinence in women

• US 5,474,518 A
• Filed: 01/31/1995
• Issued: 12/12/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Specialties Remeex International, S.L.
• Original Assignee: Francisco Farrer Velazquez
• Inventors: Farrer Velazquez, Francisco
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lacyk, John P.
• Application Number:
  US08/381,018
• Time in Patent Office: 315 Days
• Field of Search: 600/29-32, 128/DIG. 23, 128/897-899
• US Class Current: 600/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0483 Hand-held instruments for holding sutures A61B17/0469 takes precedence; other holders for needles or sutures A61B17/06061; surgical forceps A61B17/28; surgical pincettes A61B17/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/12009 Implements for ligaturing other than by clamps or clips, e.g. using a loop with a slip knot
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00805 Treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0496 for tensioning sutures
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0036 implantable A61F2/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/48 Devices for preventing wetting or pollution of the bed
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/25 Artificial sphincters and devices for controlling urinary incontinence

Abstract

A device for correcting urinary incontinence in women, in such a way that the implantation of said device is carried out by a surgical technique of vesical suspension, is basically comprised of a box that is implanted in the patient'"'"'s body and an external handle that permits the elements of the box to be operated from outside the body, so that the box houses a drum with a toothed wheel that gears in a worm, while the external handle is formed by a body, in whose inside hole is housed a second body that operates by its end upon the head of the worm.

Claims

1. A device for correcting urinary incontinence in female patients comprising:

a housing having an enclosure, said housing having a first through duct and a second through duct, said first and second through ducts each establishing communication from within said enclosure to outside of said device;

a drum being rotatably mounted within said enclosure of said housing;

a toothed wheel being disposed within said enclosure and being connected to said drum;

a worm gear being disposed within said housing and having a head, said worm gear meshing with said toothed wheel;

a thread having a first end and a second end, said first end passing through said first through duct and being connected to said drum, said second end passing through said second through duct and being connected to said drum;

an external handle having a first end and a second end, said external handle first end having a means for receiving an actuating force, said external handle second end having means for coupling to said head of said worm gear to transmit said actuating force thereto.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the external handle is connected to and partially mounted within a flexible hollow tube, said external handle first end protruding outside of said flexible hollow tube, said external handle second end being disposed within said flexible hollow tube.

3. A device for correcting urinary incontinence in female patients comprising:

a housing having an enclosure, said housing having a first through duct and a second through duct, said first and second through ducts each establishing communication from within said enclosure to outside of said device;

a drum being rotatably mounted within said enclosure of said housing;

a toothed wheel being disposed within said enclosure and being connected to said drum;

a worm gear being disposed within said housing and having a head, said worm gear meshing with said toothed wheel;

a thread having a first end and a second end, said first end passing through said first through duct and being connected to said drum, said second end passing through said second through duct and being connected to said drum;

a guide thread being connected to said head of said worm gear, said guide thread having means for guiding a handle to said head of said worm gear.