Abstract: Device and method for correcting urinary incontinence and urinary retention, by implanting a urinary flow control device for elective user control of urinary function in male and female patients. The device is a mechanical valve for a natural or artificial bladder, and includes a longitudinally extended housing, preferably attached to the abdominal wall. Preferably a bladder anti-prolapse skirt is attached between the bladder and control valve, and the skirt may repair or replace the bladder. The device provides a urine flow channel that passes through the valve from one side to the other of a valve seat where an actuator with a mating stopper is controlled to open and close the valve at the election of the user with an external controller. The valve is an occlusion type, or a pinch type. Preferably the flow channel is an artificial urethra passing through a pinch valve between stopper and valve seat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 18, 2017
Assignee:
3D UROLOGIC LLC
Inventors:
Sam W. Drager, John Bernard Devine, II, Dennis Joseph Dannemiller, Stanley E. Rittgers, Kirby J. Harder, Jr.
Abstract: Device and method for correcting urinary incontinence and urinary retention, by implanting a urinary flow control device for elective user control of urinary function in male and female patients. The device is a mechanical valve to a natural or artificial bladder, and includes a to reach the abdominal wall of the patient. Preferably a bladder anti-prolapse skirt is attached between the bladder and control valve. The device provides a urine flow channel that passes through the valve from one side to the other of a valve seat where an actuator with a mating stopper is controlled to open and close the valve at the election of the user with an external controller. The valve is an occlusion type (seat with stopper), or a pinch type. The flow channel may be an artificial urethra passing through a pinch valve.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 12, 2015
Publication date:
May 19, 2016
Applicant:
3D UROLOGIC, LLC
Inventors:
SAM W. DRAGER, JOHN BERNARD DEVINE, II, DENNIS JOSEPH DANNEMILLER, STANLEY E. RITTGERS, KIRBY J. HARDER, JR.