Patent ID: 7572218
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implantable muscle closing prosthesis system for opening and closing an anal channel or a hollow organ segment, comprising an elastic compression cuff including a hollow body for containing a fluid subject to evacuation, and being located on an interior of an elastic support ring, an elastic reservoir cuff including a hollow body for containing the fluid subject to evacuation, a micropump coupling the elastic compression cuff to the elastic reservoir cuff to provide flow of the fluid therebetween and the hollow body of the elastic reservoir cuff including a port for the evacuation of the fluid and being attached to an exterior of the support ring, the fluid being injectable into the elastic reservoir cuff, the micropump being activated by an external device; and wherein the compression cuff and the elastic reservoir cuff provide compression and deformation of the hollow bodies without expansion of walls of the hollow bodies while a wall thickness of the hollow bodies is substantially constant.