Patent ID: 8449448

Claim:
A system for treating fecal incontinence, the system comprising: (a) a plug including an anchoring element attached to a biasing element via an axially stretchable elongated body having an internal bore; and (b) an applicator including a finger hold connected to a rod which is removably insertable in said internal bore of the elongated body, said finger hold being spaced apart from said biasing element when said rod is fully inserted into said internal bore; said plug being configured such that when said plug is delivered through an anal canal via said applicator, an insertion force applied through said applicator stretches said axially stretchable elongated body on said rod such that said finger hold moves in a direction of said biasing element, wherein said axially stretchable elongated body stretches to bias said anchoring element downward against the rectal neck bottom when the biasing element engages the external anal surface.