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Soft Anal Band

Soft Anal Band

Long-term implant to control sphincter function

Treatment of Fecal Incontinence in adults

Indication: Surgical treatment of chronic fecal incontinence after failed conservative treatment.

Long-term implant

The Soft Anal Band is a long-term subcutaneous implant to control the sphincter function for the treatment of fecal incontinence in adults.

  • The ring (anal band) is placed inside the surgically created circular pocket around the non-functioning anal sphincter.
  • The activator is a silicone balloon. By applying pressure to the skin above the activator the liquid flows into the cuff to fill the Anal Band.
  • The valve will be opened by applying pressure to the skin above. Fluid will flow from the cuff back to the activator to allow the artificial sphincter to empty. Defecation is possible.
  • The ring and the activator are available in two different sizes (M and L).

Benefits

  • Postoperative adjustment of the artificial anal sphincter is easy to accomplish.
  • Patients are able to activate the Soft Anal Band system independently without assistance by another person.
  • Soft Anal Band prevents episodes of incontinence without creating obstruction.
  • Soft Anal Band improves the patient´s Quality of Life (QoL).

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[2] U. Baumgartner, “Technique of anal band implantation for fecal incontinence,” Coloproctology, no. 5, 2020, doi: 10.1007/s00053-020-00489-y.

[3] D. R. Chantoor et al., “THE ANAL BAND FOR SEVERE FAECAL INCONTINENCE: A MULTI-CENTRE EXPERIENCE,” Annu. Meet. Am., vol. 52, no. September, p. 152, 2009.

[4] M. Goos, U. Baumgartner, M. Löhnert, O. Thomusch, and G. Ruf, “Experience with a new prosthetic anal sphincter in three coloproctological centres,” BMC Surg., vol. 13, no. 1, p. 45, Dec. 2013, doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-13-45.

[5] D. Żelazny, M. Romaniszyn, and P. Wałęga, “Does Implantation of an Artificial Soft Anal Band Provide an Opportunity for Improvement of Biopsychosocial Function in Patients with Severe Fecal Incontinence?,” Surg. Res. Pract., vol. 2019, pp. 1–7, Oct. 2019, doi: 10.1155/2019/9843164.

[6] E. Asmaz and A. Cingi, “The effect of artificial anal band on quality of life of patients with fecal incontinence,” Ann. Med. Res., vol. 26, no. 0, p. 1, 2019, doi: 10.5455/annalsmedres.2019.05.234.

Functioning principles of Soft Anal Band

Soft Anal Band for anal sphincter

  • The implant is based on a soft inflatable silicone band, which is placed around the anal sphincter and then closed to form a ring.
  • By filling this ring with saline solution, the inner diameter of the ring can be decreased to improve stool incontinence.

Activator for closing the silicone ring

  • The activator is used to press the saline solution into the silicone ring (Anal Band).
  • The silicon ring (Anal Band) will close then.
  • The controllable non-return valve will avoid that the saline solution runs back into the activator.
  • The valve can be pushed to open the ring again to make defecation possible.
  • The system is filled by using the integrated port. The port allows repeated quantitative adjustment of the filling solution to close the sphincter.

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