Abstract: A surgical and a laparoscopic/arthroscopic method for operating hip osteoarthritis using an instrument that is adapted to create a through-going hole placed in the acetabulum area from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone of the human patient. The instrument comprises: a driving member, a bone contacting organ in connection with said driving member, an operating device adapted to operate said driving member. The bone contacting organ is adapted to create a hole in the acetabulum area starting from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone through repetitive or continuous movement.

Abstract: A method of teaching a voice-controlled medical implant to recognize a voice command, the method comprising: inputting a first audio training phrase to the medical implant, when the medical implant is implanted in the body of the patient, creating a transfer function, the transfer function being based on the first audio training phrase, wherein the transfer function is configured to adjust the amplitude of at least one frequency of audio received at the medical device for enhancing audio received at the medical implant to facilitate detection of voice commands, inputting a second audio training phrase to the medical implant, the second audio training phrase comprising the voice command, the voice command comprising an instruction for the control of the medical implant, using the transfer function for generating an enhanced second audio training phrase in the medical implant, and associating the enhanced second audio training phrase with the instruction for the control of the medical implant.

Abstract: An implantable heart help device adapted for implantation in a human patient is provided. The device comprising a fixating member adapted to fixate said device to a part of the human body comprising bone. Further a method of fixating an implantable heart help device in a human patient is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin of said human patient, dissecting an area of the body comprising bone, and fixating said implantable heart help device to said part of the body comprising bone.

Abstract: A medical device for actively stretching a stomach wall of a patient for creating a sensation of satiety. The medical device being implantable and comprising a first member configured to be fixated to a first portion of the stomach wall, a second member configured to be fixated to a second portion of the stomach wall, an operation device for operating the second member to displace the second member in a first direction relative to the first member, for stretching the stomach wall between the first and second portion.

Abstract: A male contraception apparatus for obtaining temporary sterility of a male mammalian individual is provided. The apparatus comprising an implantable restriction device adapted to restrict vas deference in the region downstream the ampulla during a controlled period, said device thereby being capable of preventing sperms to reach the urethra, a control device for controlling the operation of the restriction device, and at least one implantable sensor adapted to send a measurement or an indication of the measurement to the control device.

Abstract: An implantable medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a human patient is provided. The medical device comprises: at least one artificial hip joint surface adapted to replace at least the surface of at least one of the caput femur and acetabulum. At least one artificial hip joint surface comprises: a positioning hole with at least one opening in said at least one artificial hip joint surface. The hole is adapted to be placed and dimensioned such that the medical device is adapted to be fitted using a positioning shaft and at least partly surround the shaft, for positioning the at least one artificial hip joint surface in a desired position in the hip joint. The hole is adapted to be fitted using the positioning shaft, when the shaft is stabilized and placed in at least one of the femoral bone and the pelvic bone for positioning said medical device inside the hip joint.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient's body. The implantable system is provided with at least one infusion needle disposed at least partly within at least one housing with a tip end of the at least one infusion needle arranged for penetrating the at least one housing's outer wall. The at least one housing is adapted for implantation inside a patient's body. Further, there is a at least one drive unit adapted for implantation inside the patient's body, the at least one drive unit being coupled to the at least one infusion needle and arranged for advancing and retracting the tip end of the at least one infusion needle so that the at least one infusion needle penetrates, upon advancement of the tip end thereof, said at least one housing's outer wall.

Abstract: Penile implant and system comprising such an implant. The penile implant comprises a number of features which improves the function of the penile implant, e.g. a certain surface structure and portions with specific functions.

Abstract: A penile implant for treating impotence is provided. The implant is adapted to be implanted in the corpus cavernosum of a penis, and be postoperatively adjustable to selectively assume an inactivated state in which the penis is flaccid, and an activated state in which the penis is erected. The implant has a relatively short proximal portion configured to be placed in the root of the penis, a relatively long distal portion configured to be placed to extend along the protruding part of the penis, and a bending portion arranged between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the bending portion being adapted to in the activated state allow the proximal portion to assume a position that is more upwardly oriented than a position of the proximal portion, and a feedback device for sending feedback information from inside a patient's body to an outside thereof, the feedback information being related to at least one of a physical parameter of the patient and a functional parameter related to the penile implant.

Abstract: Method for lubricating a breast implant said method comprising supplying a lubrication fluid from a lubrication reservoir to said breast implant, said breast implant comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, supplying said lubrication to a contacting surface of the first chamber, performing at least one of the following: displace the first chamber in relation to the second chamber reduce a volume of the first chamber increase a volume of the first chamber.

Abstract: A wireless feedback system for supplying feedback information, the system comprising a medical device arranged to be implanted in the body of a patient, the medical device being arranged to monitor or control a physiological function or defect in the body of the patient, an internal device connected to said implanted medical device, comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) transmitter arranged to transmit feedback information from the implanted medical device, the internal device being arranged to be implanted in the patient's body, and an external device comprising a transceiver arranged to issue interrogating signals to the internal device and arranged to receive the feedback information from the internal device, wherein the medical device comprises a measuring device for measuring a parameter relating to the state of the medical device and wherein the feedback information comprises the parameter, and the feedback information further comprises a feedback signal related to at least one of a power c

Abstract: A method for implantating a medical device in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The medical device is adapted to be fixated to the pelvic bone of the patient, and comprises an inner and an outer surface, a contacting portion of the inner surface is spherical and adapted to face the center of the hip joint when said medical device is implanted, and said medical device is adapted to receive a caput femur or a prosthetic caput femur having a spherical portion. The medical device comprises at least one extending portion adapted to clasp the caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur, for restraining said caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur in said medical device. The medical device is adapted to release the caput femur or prosthetic caput femur from the medical device when a predetermined strain is placed on the medical device.

Abstract: There is provided a surgical instrument that simplifies surgery for implantation surgery for treating anal incontinence in women. The disclosed surgical instrument is intended to be inserted through an incision in the vagina and is used for dissecting tissue as well as positioning the implant. The instrument comprises a main part of the instrument, an elongated member with a flexible tip and can change conformation from a straight conformation to a loop conformation that can reach around a portion of the rectum.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the flow of urine in a urethra of a patient is disclosed, comprising an implantable adjustable constriction device for constricting the urethra to influence the flow in the urinary tract, a control device for controlling the constriction device, an operation device for operating the constriction device to change the constriction of the urethra, an energy source for supplying energy for the operation device, and an internal control unit connected to an internal signal transmitter. The internal control unit is arranged to receive measurements related to a current state of the energy source measured on a regular basis and arranged to transmit a control signal reflecting at least a portion of the received measurements to an external signal receiver connected to an external control unit comprised in the control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a flow of sperms in a uterine tube formed by a uterine tube wall of a patient's uterine tube comprises an implantable constriction device for gently constricting (i.e. without substantially hampering the blood circulation in the uterine tube wall) at least one portion of the uterine tube wall to influence the flow in the uterine tube, and a stimulation device for stimulating the wall portion of the uterine tube wall. A control device controls the stimulation device to stimulate the wall portion, as the constriction device constricts the wall portion, to cause contraction of the wall portion constricted by the constriction device to further influence the flow in the uterine tube. The apparatus can be used for restricting or stopping the flow in the uterine tube, or for actively moving the fluid in the uterine tube, with a low risk of injuring the uterine tube.

Abstract: A method for fixating an artificial convex caput femur surface to the pelvic bone of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: exposing the acetabulum surface, creating a hole or recess in the pelvic bone from the acetabulum side of the pelvic bone, providing the artificial convex caput femur, comprising an elongated member to the hip joint, inserting said elongated member in said hole, and performing an action on the acetabulum side of the pelvic bone such that the elongated member is structurally changed on the abdominal side of the pelvic bone or inside the pelvic bone.

Abstract: A medical device for treating hip joint osteoarthritis in a human patient is provided, the hip joint comprises an acetabulum, being a part of the pelvic bone, and a caput femur, being connected to the collum femur and being the upper extremity of the femoral bone. The caput femur and collum femur further comprises cortical bone, the outer more sclerotic bone, and cancellous bone, placed in the bone marrow, said medical device comprising: an artificial caput femur surface, adapted to be in contact with the acetabulum surface or an artificial replacement therefor, and a fixating member adapted to at least partly be stabilized by the cortical bone of a stabilizing part of the collum femur.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating obesity of an obese patient having a stomach with a food cavity, the apparatus comprising at least one volume filling device adapted to be at least substantially invaginated by a stomach wall portion of the patient. The volume filling device is adapted to be placed inside the stomach wall with the outer surface of the volume filling device resting against the inside of the stomach wall, such that the volume of the food cavity is reduced in size by a volume substantially exceeding the volume of the volume filling device, the volume filling device having a maximum circumference of at least 30 millimeters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heart pump apparatus comprising a turbine pump for assisting the heart of a human patient. The invention is based on the realization that a turbine without a centre axis would improve the capacity of the heart help pump apparatus. The present invention also relates to a turbine pump system for assisting the heart of a human patient. The present invention also relates to operation methods and methods for surgically placing a rotating body of a turbine pump and a stator of a turbine pump in a patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an implantable tissue connector to be connectable to a tubular part of living tissue within a patient's body. The connector is provided with a conduit having at least a first end and a second end and further having an outer surface with at least one bulge extending outwardly from the conduit's outer surface in a circumferential direction of the conduit about at least a part of the conduit's circumference, and at least one blocking ring loosely fitting over the outer surface of the conduit with a clearance between the outer surface and the blocking ring for mounting tubular living tissue within the clearance.