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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2008
Bandula Wijay, Friendswood, TX (US);
Ayaz Mahmud Durrani, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Nandhika Wijay, Friendswood, TX (US);
Omar Hayat Durrani, Houston, TX (US);
Bandula Wijay, Friendswood, TX (US);
Ayaz Mahmud Durrani, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Nandhika Wijay, Friendswood, TX (US);
Omar Hayat Durrani, Houston, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A support device suitable for urethral support is adjustable for length post operatively. An elongated body has at least one bellows and a line going through a passage in the elongated body. The elongated body is supported in the patient and the line is adjustable by balloon inflation or rotation of a drum. The amount of support can be changed postoperatively using an instrument inserted through the skin with a local anesthetic or even from outside the skin with no surgical intervention. The bellows changes length when adjustments are made.