Patent ID: 7621863

Claim:
A urinary incontinence disease treatment apparatus for treatment of a patient, who suffers from urinary incontinence, the apparatus a restriction device implantable in the patient for engaging the urethra or urine bladder to form a restricted urine passageway therein, the restriction device being operable to change the restriction of the urine passageway, an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient's body to inside the patient's body, and an energy transforming device implantable in the patient for transforming the energy of the first form wirelessly transmitted by the energy transmission device into energy of a second form different than the energy of the first is form, the restriction device being operable in response to the energy of the second form to change the restriction of the urine passageway, when the restriction device is implanted, characterised in that the energy transforming device comprises at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, that the element is capable of creating an energy field between the positive and negative regions when exposed to the energy of the first form transmitted by the energy transmission device, and that the energy field produces the energy of the second form; and wherein the energy of the second form used for operating the restriction device is wirelessly transmitted by the energy transforming device.