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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Sam W. Drager, Copley, OH (US);
John Bernard Devine, Ii, Copley, OH (US);
Dennis Joseph Dannemiller, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Stanley E. Rittgers, Stow, OH (US);
Kirby J. Harder, Jr., Copley, OH (US);
Sam W. Drager, Copley, OH (US);
John Bernard Devine, II, Copley, OH (US);
Dennis Joseph Dannemiller, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Stanley E. Rittgers, Stow, OH (US);
Kirby J. Harder, Jr., Copley, OH (US);
3D UROLOGIC LLC, Copley, OH (US);
Abstract
Device and method for correcting urinary incontinence and urinary retention, by implanting a urinary flow control device for elective user control of urinary function in male and female patients. The device is a mechanical valve for a natural or artificial bladder, and includes a longitudinally extended housing, preferably attached to the abdominal wall. Preferably a bladder anti-prolapse skirt is attached between the bladder and control valve, and the skirt may repair or replace the bladder. The device provides a urine flow channel that passes through the valve from one side to the other of a valve seat where an actuator with a mating stopper is controlled to open and close the valve at the election of the user with an external controller. The valve is an occlusion type, or a pinch type. Preferably the flow channel is an artificial urethra passing through a pinch valve between stopper and valve seat.