Patent ID: 9724182
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An artificial urinary sphincter system, comprising: an elastic tube to be wrapped around a urethra and having at least one connector, wherein the elastic tube has a first end that provides a first opening to receive and dispatch fluid, a second end that provides a second opening, and tubing between the first end and the second end, where the first end of the elastic tube is insertable into the second opening of the second end of the elastic tube to provide an annular elastic tube with an internal flow path that is continuous and annular around the annular elastic tube, such that the fluid can flow all the way around the annular elastic tube including from the second end into the first opening without flowing through the tubing between the first end and the second end; wherein the annular elastic tube receives and dispatches the fluid to expand and contract the annular elastic tube and to coapt the urethra for continence and open the urethra for voiding; wherein the at least one connector includes a first connector having an end that forms the first end of the elastic tube and a second connector having an end that is attachable to a separate section of tubing and adapted to communicate with a reservoir.