Patent ID: 6119697
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A61F,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for the treatment of human urinary incontinence comprising: a catheter which is inserted into the urethra and carries a balloon arrangement which is filled with fluid to close off the urinary bladder and to hold the catheter in the lumen of the urethra, the fluid being admitted to and discharged from the balloon arrangement via at least one channel running along the catheter wall which is closed off at the distal end of the catheter, and via a valve mounted at one end section of the catheter located in the urinary bladder, whereby the length of the catheter is dimensioned such that its distal end in the inserted condition lies within the urethra and the valve is actuated by mechanical pressure exerted from outside the urethra on an actuating balloon located at the distal end of the catheter, characterized in that the valve is installed in the proximal end section which, with the catheter in the inserted condition, lies within the lumen of the urinary bladder, in that the proximal end section carries a hydraulic actuating mechanism for opening the valve and in that the actuating mechanism can be hydraulically pressurized by mechanical pressure exerted on the actuating balloon located on the distal end section of the catheter which is filled with fluid and connected to the actuating mechanism via a connecting channel.