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Controlled anal incontinence disease treatment

  • US 6,503,189 B1
  • Filed: 02/10/2000
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:

  • an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum, an implantable internal source of energy for supplying energy to be used in connection with the operation of said restriction device, an energy transfer device for transferring wireless energy into an energy form suited for charging said internal source of energy, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body to control said energy transfer device to charge said internal source of energy with transferred wireless energy, and an internal control unit adapted to be implanted in the patient for controlling said restriction device, wherein said control device controls said internal control unit.

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