Nonsurgical intraurethral bladder control device

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A61F 5/48 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/48 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2179152

An improved self contained automatic bladder control device (1) includes a valve assembly mount (2) for releasibly receivomg a valve assembly (20). The preferably cylindrical mount (2) has a textured outer surface (16) designed to interact with urethral tissue. Thus the mount (2) can be placed nonsurgically into a urethra and in time it will be held against movement by the tissue interactionwith the textured outer surface (16), yet the moumt will still be removable without surgery. Two embodiments of valve assemblies are disclosed, each of which provides a sphincter-like operation of the bladder control apparatus. A first embodiment is designed to use Bernoulli's law to hold open the valve apparatus after a short period of muscle contraction. The second embodiment is designed to use the fact that the force generated by hydrostatic pressure is directly related to the area on which it impinges, to accomplish the desired valve holding period.

Dispositif (1) amélioré autonome et automatique de contrôle de la vessie qui comporte un support (2) d'ensemble vanne destiné à recevoir de manière libérable un ensemble vanne (20). Le support (2) préférablement cylindrique comporte une surface (16) externe structurée destinée à interagir avec le tissu urétral. Le support (2) peut donc être placé non chirurgicalement dans un urètre et avec le temps, l'interaction des tissus avec la surface (16) externe structurée l'empêchera de se déplacer; pourtant, il sera toujours possible de le retirer sans avoir recours à la chirurgie. Deux modes de réalisation d'ensembles vanne sont décrits, chacun permettant un fonctionnement de type sphincter de l'appareil de contrôle de la vessie. Dans un premier mode de réalisation, la loi de Bernoulli est utilisée pour garder la vanne ouverte après une courte période de contraction musculaire. Le deuxième mode de réalisation fait appel au fait que la force produite par la pression hydrostatique est directement proportionnelle à la surface à laquelle elle se heurte, pour obtenir la durée désirée d'ouverture de la vanne.

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