Hydraulic anal incontinence treatment
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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 or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof,an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body,an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy transmitted by said energy transmission device into a different form energy, said restriction device being operable in response to said different form energy to vary the restriction of the restricted fecal passageway, andan operation device adapted to be implanted in the patient for operating said restriction device,wherein said different form energy is used for powering said operation device to operate said restriction device to close the fecal passageway to prevent feces to pass therethrough and to enlarge the fecal passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough.
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Abstract
An anal incontinence treatment apparatus and method includes and uses an adjustable restriction device implanted in a patient, who suffers from anal incontinence. The restriction device engages the rectum of the patient to restrict the fecal passageway. An adjustment device is adapted to adjust the restriction device such that the rectum is temporarily released, in order to open the fecal passageway when the patient wishes to achieve defaecation.
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117 Claims
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1. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body, an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy transmitted by said energy transmission device into a different form energy, said restriction device being operable in response to said different form energy to vary the restriction of the restricted fecal passageway, and an operation device adapted to be implanted in the patient for operating said restriction device, wherein said different form energy is used for powering said operation device to operate said restriction device to close the fecal passageway to prevent feces to pass therethrough and to enlarge the fecal passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 43, 45)
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21. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body, an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy transmitted by said energy transmission device into a different form energy, an energy storage device adapted to be implanted in the patient for storing said different form energy and for supplying energy for operation of said restriction device, and a switch adapted to be implanted in the patient for directly or indirectly switching the supply of energy from said energy storage device, and an operation device adapted to be implanted in the patient for operating said restriction device, wherein said switch is inoperable by permanent magnets, and wherein said restriction device comprises hydraulic means and said operation device comprises a pump for pumping a fluid in said hydraulic means.
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22. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body, an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy transmitted by said energy transmission device into a different form energy, wherein said restriction device is adapted to be directly operated to vary the restriction of the restricted fecal passageway, in response to said different form energy transferred by said energy transfer device, as said energy transmission device transmits energy, and wherein said restriction device is operable to perform a reversible function. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy without the use of permanent magnets, and an energy transfer device for transferring the released wireless energy into an energy form suited for use in connection with the operation of said restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy and transferring said released wireless energy into electric energy to be used in connection with the operation of said restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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44. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, a source of energy, 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, a switch implantable in the patient for directly or indirectly switching said energy released from said source of energy, and an energy transfer device for transferring wireless energy into an energy form suited for operating said switch.
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46. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, a source of energy adapted to be implanted in the patient 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 source of energy, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body to control said energy transfer device to charge said source of energy with transferred wireless energy, wherein said control device comprises a wireless remote control transmitting at least one wireless control signal for controlling said restriction device and an internal control unit adapted to be implanted in the patient for receiving the wireless control signal, and wherein said restriction device is non-inflatable.
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47. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway in the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof, an implantable powered operation device for operating said restriction device, a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body to control said external source of energy to release wireless energy, an implantable energy transfer device adapted to transfer said wireless energy into storable energy, and an implantable internal source of energy adapted to store said storable energy and power said operation device with said storable energy, wherein said control device controls said restriction device to close the fecal passageway to prevent feces from passing therethrough and enlarge the fecal passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough, and wherein said operation device comprises hydraulic means and at least one valve for controlling a fluid flow in said hydraulic means. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway, an implantable powered operation device for operating said restriction device, a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body to control said external source of energy to release non-magnetic wireless energy for use in the powering of said operation device, an implantable energy transfer device for transferring said non-magnetic wireless energy into another form of energy usable by said operation device, wherein said control device controls said restriction device to close the fecal passageway to prevent feces from passing therethrough and enlarge the fecal passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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104. An anal incontinence disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient to engage the colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway, an implantable powered operation device for operating said restriction device, a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body to control said external source of energy to release electromagnetic wireless energy for use in the powering of said operation device, an implantable energy transfer device for transferring said electromagnetic wireless energy into another form of energy usable by said operation device, wherein said control device controls said restriction device to close the fecal passageway to prevent feces from passing therethrough and enlarge the fecal passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough, and wherein said control device comprises an internal control unit implantable in the patient for controlling said restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116)
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117. A method of treating a human or animal having anal incontinence disease, comprising:
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(a) surgically implanting in the human or animal an operable restriction device engaging the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s colon or rectum or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted fecal passageway, (b) providing a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, (c) controlling the external source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body to release non-magnetic wireless energy, (d) transferring said non-magnetic wireless energy into a different form of energy, (e) using the different form of energy to operate the restriction device, and (f) controlling the restriction device to restrict the fecal passageway to prevent feces from passing therethrough and enlarge the fecal passageway to allow feces to readily pass therethrough.
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