| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for use as an artificial bladder (10) for implantation into a patient. The apparatus is comprised of a bladder (11) having a rigid outer shell (24) and a flexible inner shell (25) that are connected at a bladder neck (26) thereby creating an open space (27) between the outer shell and inner shell that contains a biocompatible fluid, a storage unit (12) for storing the biocompatible fluid at a pressure lower than the pressure inside the bladder, a pumping unit (13) for creating a positive pressure to pump the biocompatible fluid from the storage unit to the open space in the bladder, a ureter replacement unit for allowing urine to move from the kidneys to the inner shell of the bladder, a valve unit (14) for allowing the urine to exit the bladder, a ureter replacement unit (15) for allowing the urine to exit the body from the valve unit and tubing units (16) for allowing the biocompatible fluid to move between the bladder, storage unit and pumping unit.</p> |
