Patent ID: 8062205
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An incontinence device for preventing urinary, bowel or esophageal leakage comprising: an occluding member adapted to be implanted in a host and adapted to be disposed around a bodily duct for exiting waste; a control mechanism operatively connected with the occluding member, the control mechanism including an activator and a deactivator, the control mechanism adapted to be implanted in the host and to control the occluding member so as to close the bodily duct in an occluded state or open the bodily duct in a non-occluded state; and a drug coating including a bioaffecting composition thereon, the drug coating being disposed as a layer on an outer surface of both the occluding member and the control mechanism including the activator and deactivator, the drug coating capable of eluting the bioaffecting composition into surrounding tissue of the host, wherein the drug coating minimizes capsular formation resulting from a bodily response of the host and the drug coating facilitates function of the incontinence device in preventing urinary or bowel leakage, wherein the occluding member includes a tape member having first and second ends adapted to encircle the bodily duct after being implanted, the tape member having a preset radial occlusive force imparted thereon to suitably contract and close the bodily duct, wherein the tape member is connected to a housing, the housing having an inner space for receiving the first and second ends of the tape member when the tape member exerts its preset radial occlusive force to close the bodily duct, and for releasing the first and second ends of the tape member from its preset radial occlusive force to open the bodily duct, and wherein the control mechanism includes a tensioning member controlled by the activator and deactivator, the tensioning member being connected to the first and second ends of the tape member to move the tape member to the occluded state when the activator is used and to move the tape member to the non-occluded state when the deactivator is used.