WO1999018885A1 - Sphincter artificiel a commande magnetique - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/0004—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse
- A61F2/0009—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse placed in or outside the body opening close to the surface of the body
- A61F2/0018—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse placed in or outside the body opening close to the surface of the body magnetic
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/0004—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse
- A61F2/0031—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse for constricting the lumen; Support slings for the urethra
- A61F2/0036—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse for constricting the lumen; Support slings for the urethra implantable
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- the present invention relates to an artificial sphincter with magnetic control comprising a valve intended to be permanently installed on a channel or biological organ in the human body and provided with means for mechanical closure of said channel comprising a first element sensitive to a magnetic field and means magnetic control external to said human body and intended to activate said first element sensitive to a magnetic field.
- sphincter prostheses consisting of a toric balloon which encloses the urethra, this balloon being inflatable by means of a small flexible plastic bulb and placed in the testicles in men or the labia majora in women .
- An auxiliary reservoir placed in the viscera and connected by flexible hoses to the pear and the balloon, makes it possible to inflate or deflate the latter thanks to a physiological liquid propelled by the pear.
- This reservoir contains a device allowing an inversion of the direction of flow of the liquid which ensures the inflation and deflation of the balloon.
- the surgical placement of this urinary prosthesis is quite delicate because it consists of three sub-assemblies connected by a tubing in which a physiological liquid circulates.
- the size of the balloon is adjustable only by slots and its inflation generates folds which cause excessive compression points on the urethra which can cause local tissue necrosis.
- the tank reversing device can lock up preventing operation of the assembly.
- FR-A-2 655 536 and FR-A-2 651 134 describe sphincter prostheses requiring the presence of a support balloon prosthesis and collecting urine in the bladder. Therefore, they are a delicate pose and require the perpetual presence in the penis of the man or in the urinary meatus of the woman of a flexible hose with its closing and opening mechanism. This system necessarily causes an important gene of the carrier especially during sexual intercourse.
- the artificial sphincter consists of a mechanical clamp provided around the channel to be closed and one of its branches is coupled to a solenoid controlled by a sensor. internal energy. This sensor receives waves from a transmitter outside the human body, converts them and transmits them to the solenoid to open the clamp.
- the artificial sphincter is formed by a mechanical valve, part of which includes a permanent magnet activated by an electromagnet placed outside the human body. In both cases, the magnetic control only controls the valve of the artificial sphincter in all or nothing, that is to say only when opening and closing. None of these devices makes it possible to adjust the degree of closure of this mechanical valve.
- a sphincter prosthesis comprising a modular ring placed by surgery around the stomach in patients with obesity in order to help them lose weight.
- This device consisting of a ring made of biologically compatible flexible material, called a balloon, is provided with a closure loop at its ends and is connected by a filling pipe to a hermetic casing which is closed by a flexible membrane. The surgeon positions this ring around the stomach and connects it to the filling box placed under the skin. During a medical visit, the practitioner can then adjust the tightening of the ring by pricking the case through the patient's skin using a syringe and by injecting or aspirating a physiological liquid in the case. .
- This type of prosthesis has the disadvantage of being able to flee following injuries caused by the surgeon during placement or following the formation of a hernia on the flexible pocket of the balloon. It also has the disadvantage of not being able to adjust finely and simply since it causes pain during the puncture under the skin for the adjustment of the balloon.
- the purpose of the present invention is to solve these difficulties and drawbacks by proposing an artificial sphincter comprising a valve implanted during a surgical intervention and then easily activatable from outside the human body by the patient and also adjustable and adjustable easily from the outside the human body during a postoperative session by a doctor.
- This artificial sphincter is arranged to have several applications since it can be adjusted either to completely block or to constrain a channel such as for example the urinary urethra, the colon, the pylorus of the stomach, or any other channel, but also any other biological organ or not.
- this artificial sphincter makes it possible, for example, to remedy the problems of urinary or anal incontinence, to modify in a controlled manner and remotely the opening of the pylorus in the human being or the contraction of a biological organ or not.
- an artificial sphincter as defined in the preamble and characterized in that it comprises means for adjusting the degree of closure of said channel closure means comprising a second element sensitive to a magnetic field arranged to be controlled by a magnetic field generated by second magnetic control means external to said human body.
- the valve comprises a hermetic housing placed on said channel and provided with a retaining duct arranged to receive said channel in the open position, the means for closing the channel and the means for adjusting the degree of closure being mounted inside said housing.
- the closing means advantageously comprise at least one strap arranged to compress said channel against a wall of said retaining duct, at least one of its ends being fixed to the first element sensitive to a magnetic field, movable in axial translation in said housing.
- the closure means comprise a spring member movable in axial translation in said housing, disposed between said holding duct and said first element and arranged to exert pressure on this magnet so as to move it away from said retaining duct to tension the strap.
- the closure means may further comprise a lower disk movable in axial translation in said housing, disposed between the spring member and the first element and fixed to the other end of the strap.
- the means for adjusting the degree of closing of said channel closing means comprise an upper disc mounted by screwing in said housing and comprising a second element sensitive to a magnetic field, this upper disc forming an axial stop for said closing means.
- a thrust ball bearing can advantageously be arranged between the closing means and the adjusting means so as to eliminate any friction in order to facilitate the rotation of said upper disc.
- the first magnetic control means may comprise an external magnet having its poles disposed axially, intended to be disposed substantially opposite said valve and arranged to move said first element axially in the direction of the holding conduit to relax the strap.
- the second magnetic control means may also include a rotating external magnet having its poles arranged in a plane perpendicular to its axis, intended to be disposed substantially opposite said valve and arranged to rotate said second element.
- This magnet may include a metal U-shaped frame coupled to a motor, this frame carrying a coil supplied by an electric current, the speed of the motor and / or the intensity of the current being variable.
- this magnet may include metal tabs mounted at the ends of said frame, the spacing between these tabs being adjustable to adjust the radial position of the poles.
- the first element and / or the second element sensitive to a magnetic field advantageously consists of a magnet but can also consist of a metal part in certain variants.
- the hermetic casing is filled with a physiological liquid serving as a shock absorber for the organs in motion and is made of rigid and biocompatible plastics, the ends of the retaining duct being flexible to form a seal with said channel.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the valve of the sphincter artificial in the open position, partially in section along a plane passing through the section of the channel to be closed
- FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1, the valve being in the closed position
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the valve in the open position, partially in section along a plane passing through the axis of the channel to be closed
- FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3, the valve being in the closed position.
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the valve of Figure 1
- Figure 6 is a sectional view of the valve of Figure 2
- Figure 7 is a general view of implantation of the sphincter in women
- the Figure 8 is a general view of implantation of the sphincter in humans
- Figure 9 is a general view of the valve
- - Figure 10 is a perspective view of the rotary electromagnet.
- the artificial sphincter according to the invention comprises a valve 17 intended to be permanently installed in the human body on a channel 2 or a biological organ or not, the opening and closing of which must be mechanically controlled .
- Figures 7 and 8 illustrate an example of application of the artificial sphincter on the urethra respectively in women and men.
- the valve 17 is remotely controlled by the patient to switch from the closed position to the open position by a magnetic field created by means of a magnet 18 placed outside the epidermis 19 of said human body or of any other another suitable element capable of creating a magnetic field.
- the valve 17 of the artificial sphincter according to the invention is now described in detail with reference to Figures 1 to 6 and 9.
- This housing 1 is open and hollow, made of rigid and biocompatible plastics, its horizontal branch being placed on the channel 2 parallel to its axis. It is closed by a complementary shell 3 placed on the other side of the channel 2 and assembled to said housing 1 by fitting and clipping.
- the housing 1 and the shell 3 define between them a holding conduit 11 whose cross section is at least equal to that of said channel 2.
- the ends 21 of this holding conduit 1 1 are flexible so as to correctly fit the external shape of said channel 2 and thus ensure a good seal.
- the housing 1 also defines a housing 20 oriented perpendicularly to the holding conduit 11 and arranged to receive the various components of said valve 17
- This housing 20 is closed by a cover 16 made of biocompatible plastic materials assembled by interlocking and clipping, also ensuring good sealing .
- This housing 20 is also filled with a physiological liquid which acts as a shock absorber during the movement of the various components.
- the assembly formed by the housing 1, the shell 3 and the cover 16 delimits a completely sealed environment, out of contact with human tissue which avoids any problem of temporal cellular invasion.
- This valve 17 comprises mechanical closing means 8 of said channel 2 provided in particular with a flexible, flat strap 4, made of a biocompatible material, arranged in a U so as to enclose and more precisely to compress the channel 2 or the biological organ. against one of the rigid walls of the holding duct
- This strap 4 has its free ends 5, 7 connected to a lower disc 6 urged by a spring member 12 which keeps it permanently under tension. More specifically, one of the free ends 5 of the strap 4 passes through the spring member consisting, for example, of a hollow bellows 12 and is fixed to the circular lower disc 6 made of plastic materials. This lower disk 6 may be integral with said bellows 12. The other end 7 of the strap 4 also passes through the bellows 12 then the disk 6 and is fixed to a first element 9 sensitive to a magnetic field.
- This first element 9 is made integral with the lower disc 6 by means of an axis 10 provided in its center. In the embodiment described, this first element 9 sensitive to a magnetic field is a magnet, which may or may not be permanent.
- reahsation in a variant of reahsation, it can be replaced by a simple metal piece, for example in the form of a disc.
- the lower disk 6 and the first element 9 can also be replaced by a simple metal disk, the axis 10 being eliminated.
- This magnet 9 is arranged to move in axial translation in said housing 1 under the effect of the magnetic field generated by the external permanent magnet 18 when the latter faces it outside the epidermis 19, these magnets each comprising and in a known manner a north pole 29 and a south pole 28.
- the south poles 28 and north 29 are arranged in the axis of the housing 1.
- the different parts, namely the bellows 12, the disc 6 and the magnet 9 have a diameter slightly smaller than that of the housing 20 formed in said housing 1 so that they are not in contact with the internal wall of this housing 1 and can move axially without friction.
- the magnet 9 is surmounted by a circular upper disc 14 made of biocompatible plastic materials provided with an external thread cooperating with a corresponding thread provided on the internal wall of the housing 1.
- a thrust bearing 13 is provided between the upper disc 14 and the magnet 9 and is embedded in an annular groove formed, for example, in said magnet 9. This ball stop 13 allows the upper disc 14 to rotate in the housing 1 with the minimum of friction, by screwing or unscrewing according the axis of said housing 1.
- the upper disc 14 thus forms an axial stop for the magnet 9. the lower disc 6 and the strap 4 which are permanently pushed towards this upper disc 14 by the bellows 12.
- the upper disc 14 comprises a second element 15 sensitive to a magnetic field, for example, in the shape of a cross to limit the total weight of the valve 17.
- This second element 15 is used to adjust the axial position of the upper disc 14 and therefore the strap 4 tension during postoperative intervention as described below.
- this second element 15 sensitive to a magnetic field is a magnet, which may or may not be permanent. But in a variant of reahsation, it can be replaced by a simple metal piece, for example in the form of a disc. In another variant of reahsation less improved, the upper disc 14 and the second element 15 can also be replaced by a simple metal disc.
- the installation and operation of the artificial sphincter according to the invention are now described.
- the valve 17 of the artificial sphincter is placed in the human body during an operating session.
- the housing 1 is positioned on the channel 2 or the biological organ concerned.
- One end of the strap 4 is detached, for example from the disc 6, to place the strap around this channel 2 and then reattached.
- the surgeon determines the length of the strap 4 and the optimal adjustment of the mechanical closing means 8 when he judges that the channel 2, blocked in the conduit of holding 1 1 and clamped by the strap 4, is in a satisfactory constriction position stopping the flow of liquid or other material. It acts, therefore. on the position of the upper disc 14 in said housing 1 to determine the rest position of the valve, corresponding in this case to the constriction of the channel 2.
- the surgeon has completed its positioning and adjustment, he places the cover 16 to seal the entire valve 17.
- the channel 2 is kept in constant constriction by the strap 4 which is stretched by means of the bellows 12, compresses it against the retaining duct 11.
- This bellows 12 exerts a permanent thrust in the direction of the upper disc 14 forming a stop for the lower disc 6 and the magnet 9.
- the assembly formed by the strap 4, the lower disc 6 and the magnet 9 carrying the ball stop 13 moves integrally and without friction inside said housing 1 under the action of the bellows 12 keeping the strap 4 continuously stretched.
- the decompression of the channel 2 is obtained by the relaxation of the strap 4 when the bellows 12 is compressed under the effect of a magnetic field coming from the permanent magnet 18 placed outside the epidermis 19.
- This permanent magnet 18 carried and manipulated by the patient repels or attracts - depending on the direction of surgical placement of the valve 17 - the other magnet 9 enclosed in said valve 17.
- the bellows 12 returns to its rest position and automatically recompresses the channel 2.
- the return to the rest position of the bellows 12 can moreover be facilitated by a simple reversal of the external magnet 18 to reverse the poles 28, 29.
- the artificial sphincter 17 also comprises means for adjusting the degree of closing of said mechanical closing means 8 of channel 2 without going through a surgical operation by means of an electromagnet 27 external to said human body represented by FIG. 10.
- This adjustment can be made necessary by the biological evolution over time of the channel 2 or of the biological organ on which the valve 17 is mounted.
- This postoperative adjustment is possible by means of an external rotary magnetic field generated by the electromagnet 27 and applied to magnet 15 to cause the upper disc 14 to rotate.
- This adjustment is carried out by a doctor equipped with said electromagnet 27.
- This electromagnet 17 creates a magnetic field of intensity and spacing between adjustable south pole 28 and north pole 29, which rotates at a speed also adjustable in a plane parallel to that of magnet 15.
- the electromagnet 27 represented by FIG. 10 comprises a metal frame 22 having for example the shape of a U which concentrates the magnetic field created by a coil 23 supplied by a direct electric current of adjustable intensity.
- Metal tabs 24 are mounted at the ends of the metal frame 22 so as to be able to adjust their spacing in order to adjust the spatial position of the north poles 29 and south 28 relative to the corresponding poles of the magnet 15.
- the metal frame 22 is coupled by means of an axis 25 to an electric motor 26 with variable speed.
- the assembly of the electromagnet 27 can rotate at an adjustable speed.
- the electromagnet 27 When the spacing between the north 29 and south poles 28 of the legs 24 is correct and the electromagnet 27 is positioned opposite the magnet 15 then the rotation of the magnetic field created by the electromagnet 27 induces the gyration of the magnet 15 driving the upper disc 14 guided by the ball stop 13. As a result, the upper disc 14 secured to the magnet 15 is screwed or unscrewed in the housing 1 modifying the axial position of the stop for the magnet 9 and the lower disc 6 and therefore modifying the tension of the strap 4 and the degree of closure of the channel 2.
- the present invention achieves all the goals mentioned.
- the present invention is not limited to the example of reahsation described but extends to any modification and variant obvious to a person skilled in the art.
- This description relates to an artificial sphincter, the valve of which is mounted on a canal to be closed, such as for example the urinary urethra, but extends to any application in which it is necessary to control the closing and opening of a canal, but also in which it is necessary to control the contraction of a canal or a biological organ or not.
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JP2000515526A JP2001519202A (ja) | 1997-10-15 | 1998-10-13 | 磁気制御手段を体外に有する磁気制御の人工括約筋 |
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