Patent ID: 8979733
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An incontinence treatment device comprising: a section of synthetic urethra that includes a circumferential wall defining an inner surface, an outer surface, and a length, the circumferential wall providing a flow diameter and being configured to be spliced into a natural urethra such that the flow diameter is aligned with a lumen of the natural urethra for passage of urine; and a closure device including a manifold having a manifold wall being positioned external to and attached directly to the outer surface of the circumferential wall of the section of synthetic urethra such that the manifold wall extends about less than an entire circumference of the synthetic urethra, wherein the manifold wall and a displaceable portion of the circumferential wall combine to define a manifold space; a fluid reservoir for maintaining a liquid; and a pump communicating between the fluid reservoir and the manifold space and operable to move the liquid from the reservoir to the manifold space to pressurize the manifold space and displace the displaceable portion of the circumferential wall to coapt the flow diameter to allow a user to impede the passage of urine and be continent.