Patent ID: 9095407
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An incontinence treatment device comprising: a band implantable around a portion of a urethra, the band having a first magnet connected to a first end portion of the band and a second magnet connected to a second end portion of the band; and a pendant connected to and extending from the band, the pendant including a first width at a first location where the pendant is connected to the band and a second width at a second location at a mid-portion of the pendant, where the second width of the pendant is larger than the first width such that the pendant is shaped to be implantable into a scrotum, and the pendant has a thickness between opposed major faces of the pendant with the thickness less than the first width such that the pendant is implantable into a labia, the pendant enclosing a switch and a power source that are electrically coupled to the first magnet and the second magnet; wherein the switch has an on position in which current is provided to couple the first magnet to the second magnet to thus constrict the band around the urethra; wherein the switch has an off position in which substantially zero current is provided to decouple the first magnet from the second magnet.