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Anal incontinence disease treatment with controlled wireless energy supply

  • US 9,439,744 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2013
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treating a patient suffering from anal incontinence by implanting an anal incontinence treatment apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

  • cutting the skin of the patient,inserting at least one dissecting tool,dissecting an area of a fecal passageway using said at least one dissecting tool,placing, in the patient, an operable restriction device adapted to be energized by a source of energy,placing the operable restriction device in the dissected area,forming a restricted fecal passageway, wherein the operable restriction device is adapted to change the opening of the fecal passageway, controlled from outside the patient'"'"'s body,placing an internal data communicator adapted to communicate with an external data communicator intended to be placed outside the patient'"'"'s body,placing, in the patient, the energy transforming device adapted to transform wireless energy into an energy form different than the wireless energy used in connection with the operation of the restriction device, andplacing, in the patient, the implantable source of energy adapted to store energy from the energy transforming device in the internal source of energy.

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