Prosthesis consisting of a mesh material impregnated with an antibiotic, antiseptic, antispore medication or a combination of these which surrounds a conduit leading to the skin, such as the urethra, and having an end portion thereof embedded in a water-repellent substance which protrudes from the end of the conduit and the surface of the skin and a cap therefor.
Method for reversible sterilization of females in which caps are placed over the fimbriated ends of the Fallopian tubes and sutured to the serosa. The caps block passage of sperm and ova to prevent pregnancy. The caps can be sutured to and removed from the ends of the Fallopian tubes without damage to the transport mechanism inside.
Use of a 10-amino-5,6-dihydro-11H-dibenzo(b,e)azepine-6,11-dione of formula I ##STR1## where R represents an atom of hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, especially containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, as well as of a therapeutically acceptable salt of said compound, to prepare a drug for use in the treatment of urinary incontinence.
Medical prosthesis for ducts or conduits and method of manufacture. An exemplary embodiment is an arteriovenous shunt having a cannula terminated in a funnel in which the interior included angle ranges from 15.degree. - 30.degree.. The funnel is of an implantable, resilient silicone rubber into which a woven, flexible Dacron skirt is molded to enable suturing and tissue ingrowth at the anastomotic juncture. The silicone is of a medical type which is body tissue-compatible, and has sufficient elasticity and resilience to permit compliance during pulsatile fluid flow, storage and return of fluid kinetic energy, and accommodation to various sizes of vessels, ducts, or conduits. Actual experimental use shows improved results compared to prior types of tip-type cannulae.
Method and means for reversible sterilization of females in which caps are placed over the fimbriated ends of the Fallopian tubes and sutured to the serosa thereof. The caps block passage of sperm and ova to prevent pregnancy. The caps can be sutured to and removed from the ends of the Fallopian tubes without damage to the transport mechanism of the tubes.
An implantable artificial sphincter in the form of a sleeve for receiving and supporting therein the remaining terminal end of healthy bowel tissue. The sleeve is provided with multiple openings therethrough for the growth and passage of anchoring fibrous granulation tissue and the sleeve is provided with a removable closure which is position in the patient at the point were the anal sphincter was surgically removed thereby providing an artificial sphincter in near normal anatomical position.
