Patent AT-E399510-T1: [Translated] IMPLANTABLE SQUISH MUSCLE PROSTHESIS SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR USE IN THE AREA OF THE ANAL CANAL

An implantable muscle closing prosthesis system, particularly for opening and closing the rectum, characterized in that it has a compression unit, which comprises a compression cuff (1) and a reservoir cuff (2) molded as hollow bodies, and may integrate a bidirectional micropump (4) of arbitrary construction via a support ring (3), the cuffs primarily being subjected to a material compression during the inflation and deflation and communicating with one another via the micropump (4), which may be activated using a separate control unit, or is also manually operable from the outside.