Artificial sphincter

A - Human Necessities – 61 – F

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A61F 2/00 (2006.01)

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CA 1114553

ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An artificial sphincter for closure of a channel in a patient's body communicating with an opening adjacent the outside of the patient's body. The sphincter comprises, an elongated sheet of relatively thin flexible material containing a particu- late first material dispersed throughout a substantial portion of the sheet, with the sheet extending at least partially around-the channel. The sphincter also has a plug having an elongated annu- lar sleeve of elastic material defining a cavity communicating with a port in the plug, such that the sleeve may be inflated in the body channel. The sleeve has a second particulate material dispersed throughout a region in the sleeve, with at least one of the first and second materials comprising a permanent magnetic material, and with the other of the first and second materials comprising a material substantially susceptible to the one mag- netic material.

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