Patent ID: 11872106
Assignee: FORCONTI MEDICAL LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A method for controlling fecal incontinence in a patient, said method comprising:
inserting an inflatable body in a deflated configuration into the rectum until reaching a position above the dentate line, wherein said inflatable body comprises a core, an outer surface, a port and an exhaust valve, wherein the outer surface comprises inflatable protrusions;
inflating the inflatable body by inflating means attached to the port thereby transforming the inflatable body to the inflated configuration to provide an inflated body, wherein, in the inflated configuration, the inflatable protrusions are inflated;
detaching the inflating means from the port; and, when desired or required to remove the inflated body from the rectum, if not already attached, attaching deflating means to the inflated body,
deflating the inflated body by the deflating means, thereby transforming the inflatable body to the deflated configuration to provide a deflated body, wherein, in the deflated configuration, the inflatable protrusions are deflated;
if not already attached, attaching withdrawal means to the exhaust valve of the deflated body;
withdrawing the deflated body from the rectum by withdrawal means.