Abstract An implantable urinary control apparatus for controlling the flow of urine from the bladder including a pump connected to the bladder for pumping urine out of the bladder and into a natural or artificial channel so that it can be discharged from the body. The apparatus also includes a sensor connected to the natural or to an artificial urinary bladder for detecting the pressure in the bladder as it fills with urine, and an alarm unit connected to the sensor for giving warning that the bladder is filling with urine when the sensor detects the pressure caused by urine in the bladder. A method of controlling the flow of urine from the bladder including implanting and connecting a pump to the bladder and activating the pump to pump urine from the bladder when the bladder is filling with urine. The method also includes implanting a sensor in the body for detecting the pressure in the bladder as it fills with urine, and implanting and connecting an alarm unit to the sensor so that the alarm unit will give warning that the bladder is filling with urine when the sensor detects the pressure caused by urine in the bladder.
A method of controlling the flow of urine from the urinary bladder in a body comprising the steps of implanting a pump in the body and operatively connecting the inlet of said pump to said urinary bladder and operatively connecting the outlet of said pump to a natural or artificial body channel that leads from the body, providing means for operating and controlling said pump, and activating said operating and control means to operate and control said pump to pump urine from said urinary bladder through said natural or artificial channel and out of the body when said bladder is filling with urine.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A method of controlling the flow of urine from the urinary bladder in a body comprising the steps of implanting a pump in the body and operatively connecting the inlet of said pump to said urinary bladder and operatively connecting the outlet of said pump to a natural or artificial body channel that leads from the body, providing means for operating and controlling said pump, and activating said operating and control means to operate and control said pump to pump urine from said urinary bladder through said natural or artificial channel and out of the body when said bladder is filling with urine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein said step of providing means for operating and controlling said pump comprises implanting, in the body, a pump driving unit operatively connected to said pump that is responsive to energy received from outside the body and providing means outside the body to transmit energy to said pump-driving unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 including the step of implanting a sensor in the body and operatively connecting said sensor to said bladder so that said sensor will detect pressure in said bladder as said bladder is filling with urine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 3 including the step of implanting an alarm unit in the body and operatively connecting said alarm unit to said sensor so that said alarm unit will give warning that said bladder is filling with urine when said sensor detects pressure in said bladder is the result of the filling of said bladder with urine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 4 wherein said step of implanting an alarm unit in the body also includes implanting in the body a power source operatively connected to said alarm unit for supplying power to said alarm unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 5 wherein said step of implanting a power source also includes implanting in the body a recharging unit operatively connected to said power source and including the additional steps of, providing means located outside the body for transmitting energy into the body to energize said recharging unit to cause said recharging unit to recharge said power source, and activating said energy-transmitting means to recharge said power source.