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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Uromems, Grenoble, FR;
Assistance Publique—hopitaux DE Paris, Paris, FR;
Hamid Lamraoui, Grenoble, FR;
Pierre Mozer, Vincennes, FR;
ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARIS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a detection system of an endo-urethral device for an artificial urinary sphincter implantable in the body of a patient, said sphincter comprising an occlusive cuff () adapted to compress the urethra, the bladder neck or the prostate of said patient, an activation device () of said cuff () and a control unit () adapted to control the activation device. Said system comprises at least one compression sensor () of the urethra and a posture sensor (), and a processing unit () configured to determine: If the conditions (i) and (ii) are fulfilled, the processing unit sends to the activation device () an immediate reduction order of the compression exerted by the cuff ().