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 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.

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 apparatus for powering an implant for a human patient and a method for powering an implant for a human patient. Wherein said apparatus comprises an implantable energy source for providing energy to the implant, an energy provider connected to the implantable energy source and connected to an energy consuming part of the implant, the energy provider being configured to store energy to provide a burst of energy to the energy consuming part, wherein the energy provider is configured to be charged by the implantable energy source and to provide the energy consuming part with electrical power during startup of the energy consuming part.

Abstract: In a system, device and method for treating an aneurysm of a human or mammal patient an implantable member adapted to hold fluid is provided. The member is adapted to be placed in connection with a blood vessel having the aneurysm and to exercise a pressure on the aneurysm of said blood vessel.

Abstract: An implantable heart help method 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. 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: Where an implanted reservoir for intestinal contents is formed from surgically modified intestine that has been cut along a mutual contact line of laterally adjacent sections of a bent portion of intestine and connected so that the resulting upper and lower halves of the intestine form an intestinal wall of the reservoir, the system for emptying such intestinal reservoir comprises an artificial flow control device implantable in the patient's body and adapted to control flow of the intestinal contents from said reservoir, the flow control device comprising at least one pump adapted to act on said intestinal wall so as to reduce the reservoir's volume, thereby emptying the reservoir. The system may further comprise an entry valve upstream of the reservoir and an exit valve downstream from the reservoir. The pump may be an electrical stimulation type pump, a hydraulically acting type pump or/and a mechanically acting type pump.

Abstract: A medical device system for monitoring a physiological parameter in the body of a patient comprising an implantable medical device comprising an energy receiver, an external charger comprising an energy transmitter. The energy receiver is configured to wirelessly receive energy transmitted from the energy transmitter. The medical device system further comprises a wireless feedback system arranged to transmit information from the implantable medical device to the external charger. The information is sent in response to an interrogating signal sent from the external charger. The external charger is configured to detect a magnetic or electromagnetic field generated by the implantable medical device in response to a transmittal of energy from the external charger and an evaluation unit is configured to determine whether the signal strength is improved as a user moves the external charger relative to the body of the patient.

Abstract: A method for removing particles from a bodily fluid in a patient with a filtering device, the filtering device being implantable in the patient's body and the method comprising the steps: pass bodily fluid of the patient through a tube forming a main fluid, filtering the bodily fluid passing through said main fluid passageway with a filter connected to the tube, collecting particles in the bodily fluid to be removed passing through the tube, and cleaning the filter with a filter cleaning device by removing particles collected by the filter out of the fluid passageway.

Abstract: There is provided a method for controlling a flow of intestinal contents in the intestinal passageway of a patient's intestines. The method comprises gently constricting (i.e., without substantially hampering the blood circulation in the intestinal tissue wall) at least one portion of the intestinal tissue wall to influence the flow in the intestinal passageway, and stimulating the constricted wall portion to cause contraction of the wall portion to further influence the flow in the intestinal passageway. The method can be used for restricting or stopping the flow in the intestinal passageway, or for actively moving the fluid in the intestinal passageway, with a low risk of injuring the intestines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of surgically implanting a breast implant system in a patient's body. The breast implant system comprising a first element comprising an outer wall defining a volume which is filled or fillable with a filling material and a second element comprising an outer wall defining a volume which is filled or fillable with a filling material. The method comprises wherein the method comprises the step of implanting the first element and the second element in the patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle. The implantable device comprises at least one implantable pump device comprising: A fluid, A first reservoir having a first volume and at least one movable wall portion, for varying said first volume, and A second reservoir being in fluid connection with said first reservoir. Wherein said implantable pump device is adapted to allow free flow of fluid between said first reservoir and said second reservoir, and wherein said first reservoir, said second reservoir and said fluid connection forms a fully implantable closed pump device, and wherein said fully implantable closed pump device is adapted to transfer force from said first reservoir to said second reservoir.

Abstract: An implantable device for the treatment of acid reflux disease has a body including an outer surface adapted to rest against a patient's fundus wall. The device, when implanted in the patient, fills a volume in the patient's abdomen in the cardia area and above the cardia of the patient, when standing. The body prevents the cardia from moving through the diaphragm opening into the thorax, thereby preventing reflux by keeping the abdominal pressure supporting the cardia sphincter muscle. The device may be affixed to stomach tissue. The device may also be invaginated or otherwise indirectly secured in position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle. The device is provided with a first part having a first surface comprising a ceramic material, and a second part having a second surface comprising a ceramic material.

Abstract: A surgical method of treating reflux disease comprising the steps of dissecting the fundus at least partially down on the posterior side thereof; in the approximate direction towards bursa Omentalis, as well as away from the spleen. The method further comprising the steps of dissecting the esophagus such that the esophagus is disconnected from the surrounding tissue at least 3 cm in a cranial direction from the angle of his and connecting the fundus to the esophagus by placing at least two posterior single sutures in a posterior suture line, or a posterior continuous suture line, connecting the fundus to the esophagus, on the sinister-posterior side of the esophagus, and placing at least two anterior sutures, in an anterior suture line, or an anterior continuous suture line, connecting the fundus to the esophagus, on the sinister-anterior side of the esophagus.

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.