Anal incontinence treatment with energy transfer device
First Claim
1. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside a patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the colon or rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted passageway; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, and creating an energy field between said positive and negative regions when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, so that said energy field produces the energy of the second form.
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Abstract
An anal incontinence treatment apparatus and method include or use an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the colon or rectum to form a restricted passageway. An energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body is provided. An implanted energy transfer device transfers the energy of the first form transmitted by the energy transmission device into energy of a second form, which is used to control the operation of the restriction device to vary the size of the restricted passageway. The energy transfer device includes at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, the element being capable of creating an energy field between the positive and negative regions when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by the energy transmission device, so that the energy field provides the second form energy.
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117 Claims
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1. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside a patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the colon or rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted passageway; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, and creating an energy field between said positive and negative regions when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, so that said energy field produces the energy of the second form. - 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, 111, 112, 113)
providing an anal incontinence treatment apparatus according to claim 1, cutting an opening in a patient'"'"'s mucosa in an orifice of the patient'"'"'s body, and implanting the energy transfer device in the patient'"'"'s body through the opening.
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112. An implanting method, comprising the steps of:
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providing an anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus according to claim 1, cutting an opening in a patient'"'"'s skin, and implanting the energy transfer device in the patient'"'"'s body through the opening.
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113. A laparascopical implanting method, comprising the steps of:
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providing an anal incontinence treatment apparatus according to claim 1, placing at least two laparascopic cannula within a patient'"'"'s body, and implanting the energy transfer device in the patient'"'"'s body by using the at least two laparascopic cannula.
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108. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside a patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the colon or rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted passageway; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one semiconductor circuitry creating an energy field when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, and said energy field provides the second form energy.
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109. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside a patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the colon or rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted passageway; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one transistor circuitry creating an energy field when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, and said energy field provides the second form energy.
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110. An anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside a patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the colon or rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted passageway; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one microchip creating an energy field when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, and said energy field provides the second form energy.
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114. A laparoscopic surgical method of implanting in a patient an anal incontinence treatment apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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a) placing at least two laparoscopic trocars within the patient'"'"'s body, b) using a dissecting tool inserted through the laparoscopic trocar, dissecting the region of the colon or rectum, c) introducing a restriction device of the apparatus through the trocar, d) placing the restriction device in engagement with the colon or rectum to create a restricted fecal passageway therein, e) implanting in the patient an energy transfer device of the apparatus including at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, and creating an energy field between the positive and negative regions when exposed to wireless energy of a first form, f) exposing the at least one element to the first form energy so that the energy field produces energy of a second form different than the first form energy, and g) operating the restriction device with the energy of the second form produced by the energy transfer device to close the restricted passageway to prevent feces to pass therethrough and to enlarge the restricted passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough.
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115. A method of treating a human or animal having anal incontinence, comprising:
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(a) surgically implanting in the human or animal a restriction device engaging the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s colon or rectum, to form a restricted passageway in the colon or rectum;
(b) surgically implanting in the human or animal an electric operation device which can adjust the restricted passageway in response to supplied energy;
(c) surgically implanting in the human or animal an energy transfer device for transferring wireless energy into electric energy for powering the electric operation device, and (d) in a non-invasive post-operative procedure, from time to time, powering the electric operation device with electric energy transferred by the energy transfer device so as to enlarge the restricted passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (116, 117)
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