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1. A device comprising:
an expandable valve element configured to be positioned within a bladder of a patient via a urinary tract of the patient when the expandable valve element is in a collapsed configuration, wherein the expandable valve element is configured to transition from the collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration after being positioned within the bladder of the patient via the urinary tract of the patient, wherein the expandable valve element includes a ferromagnetic element that facilitates selective control of the expandable valve element with a magnetic field between an open position and a closed position when positioned within the bladder of the patient, wherein, in the closed position and in the expanded configuration, the expandable valve element is configured to seal an internal urethral opening of the patient, and wherein, in the open position, the expandable valve element is configured to allow urine to pass from the bladder of the patient, through an internal urethral opening of the patient and into a urethra of the patient. |
