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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Applicants:
David E. Silverman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alan Stein, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
David E. Silverman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alan Stein, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for treating fecal incontinence in a body of a mammal having a rectum formed by a rectal wall extending to an anus wherein the rectal wall includes a sphincter muscle surrounding the anus. At least one nonaqueous solution is introduced into the rectal wall in the vicinity of the anus. A nonbiodegradable solid is formed in the rectal wall from the at least one nonaqueous solution.