FR2756485A1 - PROSTHETIC URINARY SPHINCTER WITH EXTERNAL CONTROL - Google Patents
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- 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
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Abstract
Description
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L'invention concerne un sphincter urinaire prothétique à commande externe. The invention relates to an externally controlled prosthetic urinary sphincter.
L'état de la technique fournit de nombreux dispositifs permettant de fermer un passage corporel, tel qu'un canal urinaire, pour remédier à une incontinence. L'invention concerne les dispositifs comprenant un ballonnet annulaire en matériau élastique disposé autour du canal corporel dont il faut contrôler la fermeture et apte, lorsqu'il est gonflé, à fermer ce canal corporel de manière réversible, un réservoir en matériau élastiquement déformable contenant un fluide physiologique raccordé au ballonnet annulaire par un circuit de fluide, une pompe pour faire circuler le fluide et des moyens pour freiner le retour du fluide entre le réservoir et le ballonnet. Un The state of the art provides numerous devices making it possible to close a bodily passage, such as a urinary canal, to remedy incontinence. The invention relates to devices comprising an annular balloon made of elastic material placed around the body channel, the closure of which must be checked, and capable, when inflated, of closing this body channel reversibly, a reservoir of elastically deformable material containing a physiological fluid connected to the annular balloon by a fluid circuit, a pump for circulating the fluid and means for slowing the return of the fluid between the reservoir and the balloon. A
tel dispositif est décrit dans EP-A-348 114 et EP-A- such a device is described in EP-A-348 114 and EP-A-
409 592.409,592.
Avec de tels dispositifs, le canal corporel est fermé au repos par gonflage du ballonnet annulaire l'entourant, tandis que son ouverture est assurée en transférant le fluide du ballonnet au réservoir, ce transfert s'effectuant comme décrit dans EP-A-348 114, soit au moyen d'une pompe à actionnement manuel disposé dans le corps humain, soit par un moyen augmentant le volume du réservoir et réagissant à une commande également With such devices, the body channel is closed at rest by inflating the annular balloon surrounding it, while its opening is ensured by transferring the fluid from the balloon to the reservoir, this transfer being carried out as described in EP-A-348 114 , either by means of a manually actuated pump placed in the human body, or by a means increasing the volume of the reservoir and reacting to a command also
disposée dans le corps humain.disposed in the human body.
Pour commander l'ouverture du canal corporel, il est donc nécessaire d'actionner la pompe ou une commande en pressant localement à travers la peau. Lorsque ces moyens sont disposés dans une testicule, la répétition de ces mouvements entraîne des nécroses qui sont d'autant plus graves que les utilisateurs de telle prothèse sont en général très âgés et que leurs cellules ont une faible To control the opening of the body channel, it is therefore necessary to activate the pump or a command by pressing locally through the skin. When these means are placed in a testicle, the repetition of these movements leads to necrosis which is all the more serious as the users of such a prosthesis are generally very old and their cells have a weak
capacité de régénération.regeneration capacity.
Un objet de l'invention est de fournir un sphincter urinaire prothétique dont la commande d'ouverture ne nécessite aucune action ou pression sur le An object of the invention is to provide a prosthetic urinary sphincter whose opening control requires no action or pressure on the
corps humain. Dans le sphincter urinaire décrit dans EP-A- human body. In the urinary sphincter described in EP-A-
348 114, le réservoir est constitué par un boudin en C disposé autour du ballonnet gonflable. Cela a pour inconvénient que le gonflage du réservoir, par dégonflage du ballonnet, exerce encore sur ce ballonnet une pression radiale qui, dans certains cas, peut gêner le débattement de ce ballonnet et limiter l'ouverture du canal urinaire 348 114, the reservoir consists of a C-shaped tube arranged around the inflatable balloon. This has the disadvantage that the inflation of the reservoir, by deflating the balloon, still exerts on this balloon a radial pressure which, in certain cases, can hinder the movement of this balloon and limit the opening of the urinary canal.
en créant une gêne, et voire même une inflammation. creating discomfort, and even inflammation.
Un autre objet de l'invention est de fournir un sphincter permettant une ouverture complète du canal corporel. A cet effet, dans la partie intracorporelle du sphincter selon l'invention, a) le ballonnet annulaire est disposé à l'intérieur d'une enveloppe inextensible entourant elle aussi le canal corporel, b) le circuit de fluide est rempli de fluide à une pression telle que la seule force de rappel élastique de la membrane du réservoir assure, par gonflage du ballonnet annulaire, la fermeture du canal corporel, c) le circuit de fluide comprend, sur sa branche reliant le réservoir ou ballonnet annulaire, une dérivation sur laquelle est disposée une pompe électrique à alimentation par induction électromagnétique au moyen d'une antenne, tandis que les moyens d'alimentation de la pompe électrique comprennent, dans un boîtier extérieur, un bouton de commande et des moyens de production et d'émission d'un champ électromagnétique dont l'antenne coopère avec l'antenne complémentaire disposée dans la Another object of the invention is to provide a sphincter allowing complete opening of the body canal. To this end, in the intracorporeal part of the sphincter according to the invention, a) the annular balloon is placed inside an inextensible envelope also surrounding the body channel, b) the fluid circuit is filled with fluid at a pressure such that the only elastic restoring force of the membrane of the reservoir ensures, by inflation of the annular balloon, the closing of the body channel, c) the fluid circuit comprises, on its branch connecting the reservoir or annular balloon, a bypass on which is arranged an electric pump with electromagnetic induction supply by means of an antenna, while the means for supplying the electric pump comprise, in an external box, a control button and means for producing and transmitting an electromagnetic field whose antenna cooperates with the complementary antenna arranged in the
partie intracorporelle.intracorporeal part.
Avec cet agencement, le ballonnet annulaire est maintenu en pression par le seul rappel élastique de la paroi constitutive du réservoir, lui même maintenu éloigné du ballonnet, et l'ouverture du canal, assurée par la pompe, est commandée par un boîtier extérieur émettant un champ électromagnétique qui, capté par l'antenne réceptrice disposée dans le corps, est converti par induction en courant électrique alimentant le moteur de la pompe. Ce mode de commande supprime tout contact avec le corps humain, aussi bien pour la commande d'ouverture que With this arrangement, the annular balloon is kept in pressure by the only elastic return of the constituent wall of the reservoir, itself kept away from the balloon, and the opening of the channel, ensured by the pump, is controlled by an external housing emitting a electromagnetic field which, picked up by the receiving antenna arranged in the body, is converted by induction into electric current supplying the pump motor. This control mode removes all contact with the human body, both for opening control and
pour la transmission d'énergie.for energy transmission.
Avantageusement, les moyens freinant le retour du fluide entre le réservoir et le ballonnet, et déterminant le temps d'ouverture du canal corporel, sont constitués par un ajutage calibré disposé dans le raccord reliant le Advantageously, the means slowing the return of the fluid between the reservoir and the balloon, and determining the opening time of the body channel, are constituted by a calibrated nozzle disposed in the connector connecting the
circuit principal à la branche aval du circuit dérivé. main circuit to the downstream branch of the branch circuit.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages Other features and benefits
ressortiront de la description qui suit en référence au will emerge from the description which follows with reference to
dessin schématique annexé représentant, à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution de ce sphincter urinaire prothétique schematic appended drawing representing, by way of example, an embodiment of this prosthetic urinary sphincter
à commande extérieure.externally controlled.
Figure 1 est une vue en coupe montant l'implantation du dispositif, Figure 2 est une vue en perspective de la partie intracorporelle, Figures 3, 4 et 5 sont des vues schématiques illustrant le fonctionnement du dispositif respectivement, dans la phase normale de fermeture du canal corporel, dans la phase d'ouverture, et dans la phase de fermeture après ouverture. Ce sphincter est donc composé d'une partie intracorporelle A et d'une partie extracorporelle B. Comme montré plus en détails à la figure 2, la partie intracorporelle comprend un ballonnet annulaire 3 destiné à être disposé autour du canal dont il faut assurer la fermeture, par exemple, de l'uretère 4, un circuit principal 5 de fluide reliant ce ballonnet à un réservoir 6, en matière élastiquement déformable, et des moyens pour transférer le fluide du ballonnet 3 au réservoir 6. Selon l'invention, le ballonnet 3 est entouré par une enveloppe inextensible 7 et les moyens de transfert du fluide sont constitués par une pompe électrique 8 disposée sur une dérivation du circuit 5, dérivation comprenant une branche amont 9 et une branche aval 10. La connexion de ces branches sur le circuit principal 5 est assurée par des raccords, respectivement 11 et 12, dont celui 12 est muni d'un ajutage calibré représenté en 13. L'ensemble de ces moyens est disposé dans un bloc en matière synthétique Figure 1 is a sectional view showing the layout of the device, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the intracorporeal part, Figures 3, 4 and 5 are schematic views illustrating the operation of the device respectively, in the normal phase of closing the body canal, in the opening phase, and in the closing phase after opening. This sphincter is therefore composed of an intracorporeal part A and an extracorporeal part B. As shown in more detail in FIG. 2, the intracorporeal part comprises an annular balloon 3 intended to be placed around the channel which must be closed. , for example, from the ureter 4, a main circuit 5 of fluid connecting this balloon to a reservoir 6, made of elastically deformable material, and means for transferring the fluid from the balloon 3 to the reservoir 6. According to the invention, the balloon 3 is surrounded by an inextensible envelope 7 and the means for transferring the fluid are constituted by an electric pump 8 disposed on a branch of the circuit 5, branch comprising an upstream branch 9 and a downstream branch 10. The connection of these branches to the circuit main 5 is provided by fittings, respectively 11 and 12, of which that 12 is provided with a calibrated nozzle shown in 13. All of these means are arranged in a block synthetic material
biocompatible, tel qu'un bloc 14 en silicone. biocompatible, such as a silicone block 14.
La pompe 8 est reliée par un circuit électrique 16 à un autre bloc 17 en matériau synthétique bio compatible tel qu'en silicone, et contenant une antenne 18, en boucle ou en ferrite, avec son circuit d'accord 19, représenté par son condensateur, et un circuit redresseur 20 convertissant le courant alternatif reçu en courant continu. L'élément extra corporel B (figure 1) est composé d'un boîtier 22 contenant une source de courant constituée par une pile ou batterie 23, un oscillateur 24 avec son amplificateur 25, une antenne émettrice 26 et un bouton de The pump 8 is connected by an electrical circuit 16 to another block 17 made of compatible synthetic synthetic material such as silicone, and containing an antenna 18, in a loop or in ferrite, with its tuning circuit 19, represented by its capacitor , and a rectifier circuit 20 converting the alternating current received into direct current. The extra-corporeal element B (FIG. 1) is composed of a box 22 containing a current source constituted by a battery 23, an oscillator 24 with its amplifier 25, a transmitting antenna 26 and a button.
commande 27.command 27.
La figure 1 montre que les différents éléments de la partie intracorporelle (figure 3) s'implante aisément dans le bassin et que le bloc 17, contenant l'antenne réceptrice 18, est tourné vers l'extérieur et disposé à FIG. 1 shows that the various elements of the intracorporeal part (FIG. 3) are easily implanted in the pelvis and that the block 17, containing the receiving antenna 18, is turned outwards and disposed at
proximité de la peau.proximity to the skin.
Lorsque le dispositif est implanté, le liquide physiologique, que contient le circuit de fluide, est à une pression supérieure à la pression atmosphérique, de manière que le seul rappel élastique de la membrane constituant le réservoir 6 exerce, dans ce circuit de fluide, une pression telle que le ballonnet annulaire 3 soit gonflé au maximum afin d'assurer la fermeture du canal naturel 4 par serrage de l'organe 30 qui le contient. Pour provoquer l'ouverture de ce canal naturel, il suffit, comme montré à la figure 4, d'approcher la partie extracorporelle B de la paroi abdominale 32 juxtaposée à l'antenne réceptrice 18, puis d'appuyer sur le bouton 27, pour émettre des ondes électromagnétiques en direction de cette antenne réceptrice. Ces ondes sont transformées en courant continu qui, par le circuit 16, alimente le moteur électrique d'entraînement de la pompe 8. Dans ces conditions, et comme montré par les flèches 33 à la figure 4, la pompe 8 transfère le fluide contenu dans le ballonnet 3 vers le réservoir 6 qui est donc soumis à une augmentation de son volume, permise par la déformation When the device is implanted, the physiological liquid, which the fluid circuit contains, is at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, so that the only elastic return of the membrane constituting the reservoir 6 exerts, in this fluid circuit pressure such that the annular balloon 3 is inflated to the maximum in order to ensure the closure of the natural channel 4 by tightening of the member 30 which contains it. To cause the opening of this natural channel, it suffices, as shown in FIG. 4, to approach the extracorporeal part B of the abdominal wall 32 juxtaposed with the receiving antenna 18, then to press the button 27, to emit electromagnetic waves towards this receiving antenna. These waves are transformed into direct current which, by the circuit 16, feeds the electric motor driving the pump 8. Under these conditions, and as shown by the arrows 33 in FIG. 4, the pump 8 transfers the fluid contained in the balloon 3 towards the reservoir 6 which is therefore subjected to an increase in its volume, permitted by the deformation
élastique de sa membrane constitutive. elastic of its constituent membrane.
Lorsque le ballonnet 3 est dégonflé, il n'est soumis à aucune contrainte extérieure, en particulier par le réservoir, de sorte que l'ouverture du canal corporel 4 When the balloon 3 is deflated, it is not subjected to any external constraint, in particular by the reservoir, so that the opening of the body channel 4
s'effectue naturellement et librement. occurs naturally and freely.
Dès que l'usager constate que le canal corporel 4 est suffisamment ouvert, il cesse d'actionner le bouton poussoir 27. Il en résulte que la pompe 8 cesse de fonctionner et que l'élasticité de la membrane du réservoir 6 tend à réduire la dilatation de ce réservoir en générant une pression tendant à chasser le fluide en direction du ballonnet annulaire 3. Toutefois, le débit de transfert est limité par l'ajutage 13 disposé dans le raccord 12, entre la branche dérivé aval 10 et la branche principale 5. Il est précisé que le fluide ne peut pas réemprunter la branche 10, puisque la pompe est arrêtée et le circuit dérivé est inopérant. Il en résulte que progressivement le ballonnet annulaire 3 se regonfle en assurant par serrage de l'organe 30 la fermeture du canal 4. Si la durée est insuffisante, l'usager recommence l'opération. Lors du regonflage du ballonnet 3, celui-ci prend appui sur l'enveloppe inextensible 7 qui, très rapidement, As soon as the user finds that the body channel 4 is sufficiently open, he ceases to actuate the push button 27. As a result, the pump 8 ceases to operate and the elasticity of the membrane of the reservoir 6 tends to reduce the expansion of this reservoir by generating a pressure tending to expel the fluid in the direction of the annular balloon 3. However, the transfer rate is limited by the nozzle 13 disposed in the connector 12, between the downstream branch branch 10 and the main branch 5 It is specified that the fluid cannot re-use branch 10, since the pump is stopped and the branch circuit is inoperative. It follows that gradually the annular balloon 3 is inflated by ensuring by tightening of the member 30 the closure of the channel 4. If the duration is insufficient, the user begins the operation again. When the balloon 3 is re-inflated, it rests on the inextensible envelope 7 which, very quickly,
limite son expansion vers l'extérieur et, en conséquence, favorise son extension vers l'intérieur en direction de5 l'organe 30. limits its expansion towards the outside and, consequently, promotes its extension towards the inside in the direction of the member 30.
Il ressort de ce qui précède que le sphincter selon l'invention fonctionne sans aucun contact avec It appears from the above that the sphincter according to the invention operates without any contact with
l'extérieur, ce qui évite toute nécrose. outside, which avoids any necrosis.
Ce dispositif peut aussi être appliqué au This device can also be applied to
traitement de l'incontinence féminine. treatment of female incontinence.
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