Patents Assigned to Imagine Enterprise, Inc.
  • Implantable device for controlling defecation and related method
    Patent number: 8475356
    Abstract: An implantable device for selectively controlling defecation has an outer body defining on one end a flange that is surgically attachable to the person's anus and/or tissue adjacent to the anus. A connector is mounted on the other end of the outer body and is secured to the distal end of the person's large intestine for connecting the large intestine in fluid communication with the device. An inner body is slidably received within the outer body. A macerator-type pump is mounted within the inner body and an inlet valve is mounted between the pump and the connector. An actuator in the form of an RF receiver is electrically coupled to the inlet valve and the pump and a remote transmitter is operatively coupled to the receiver. The receiver is responsive to control signals received from the transmitter to open the inlet valve and operate the pump in order to move fecal matter through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Imagine Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Weimin Feng, Steven Z. Yang
  • Implantable device for controlling defecation and related method
    Patent number: 7828714
    Abstract: An implantable device for selectively controlling defecation has an outer body defining on one end a flange that is surgically attachable to the person's anus and/or tissue adjacent to the anus. A connector is mounted on the other end of the outer body and is secured to the distal end of the person's large intestine for connecting the large intestine in fluid communication with the device. An inner body is slidably received within the outer body. A macerator-type pump is mounted within the inner body and an inlet valve is mounted between the pump and the connector. An actuator in the form of an RF receiver is electrically coupled to the inlet valve and the pump and a remote transmitter is operatively coupled to the receiver. The receiver is responsive to control signals received from the transmitter to open the inlet valve and operate the pump in order to move fecal matter through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Imagine Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Weimin Feng, Steven Z. Yang
  • Artificial rectum and related method
    Patent number: 6752754
    Abstract: An implantable device for selectively controlling defecation has an outer body defining on one end a flange that is surgically attachable to the patient's anus and/or tissue adjacent to the anus. A connector is mounted on the other end of the outer body and is secured to the distal end of the patient's large intestine for connecting the large intestine in fluid communication with the artificial rectum. An inner body is slidably received within the outer body. A macerator-type pump is mounted within the inner body and an inlet valve is mounted between the pump and the connector. An actuator in the form of an RF receiver is electrically coupled to the inlet valve and the pump and a remote transmitter is operatively coupled to the receiver. The receiver is responsive to control signals received from the transmitter to open the inlet valve and operate the pump in order to move fecal matter through the artificial rectum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Imagine Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Weimin Feng, Steven Z. Yang
  • Exercise apparatus for forearms
    Patent number: D538360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Productions Imagine Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre-Paul Beaupre