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1. A device comprising:
a fluidless pressure element formed with a pressure surface juxtaposable with the urethral sphincter of a patient's body, wherein the pressure surface is comprised of opposed arms each defining a distal end and at least one of the opposed arms is hingedly movable, the distal ends being distanced from each other in an open configuration to permit the urethra to pass between the arms, the distal ends being juxtaposed with each other in a closed configuration to prevent the urethra from passing between the arms; and an actuator extending away from the pressure element and engaged therewith, the actuator being manipulable by the patient from outside the body of the patient to move the pressure element between a retracted position, in which the pressure surface exerts no more than a first pressure on the urethral sphincter, and an advanced position, in which the pressure surface exerts at least a second pressure on the urethral sphincter, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure, such that in the advanced position incontinence is ameliorated. |
