Patent ID: 7223228

Claim:
A urethral occlusive assembly, comprising: an implant component, the implant component including a flexible bridge member having two opposed implant supports, each of the implant supports including an implant magnet, the implant component is adapted for being implanted in a patient about a dorsal surface of a urethra, such that the flexible bridge is disposed on the dorsal surface of the urethra and the implant magnets are oppositely disposed of each other on the urethra; and an external component, the external component including at least one external magnet, the at least one external magnet being magnetically attracted to the implant magnets, the external component is adapted for being disposed proximate the urethra and outside of the patient, the external component and the implant component operatively communicating with each other by imparting magnetic attraction with one another when the external component is disposed proximate the urethra, and by releasing magnetic attraction with one another when the external component is not disposed proximate the urethra, wherein, when the implant component and the external component are magnetically attracted, one of the implant component or the external component is adapted for transmitting a compressive load on the urethra and thereby compressing the urethra to effect urinary continence.