Peter Sayet Flow Control Device

Bluetooth-operated Bionic Sphincter Controller Close to Human Trial Phase

Most of us don’t have to give much thought to the mechanics of going to the bathroom.  Our bodies tell our brains when we have to go, and our brains tell our bodies when it’s acceptable to do so.  But millions of people with incontinence have to cope numerous times a day with the reality that the brain-to-body messaging they once took for granted will never operate normally again. In a small office building in Fort Lauderdale, inventor Peter H. Sayet says he’s close to marketing a device that will enable incontinence sufferers to regain control of their urinary functions. Sayet is president and CEO of Precision Medical Devices Inc., which he founded in 1998. In the past two decades, the company has secured nine patents and spent $5 million raised from about 200 investors through private-placement stock offerings to develop a Bluetooth-operated bionic sphincter controller, which he calls the Flow Control Device. Read more.

Source: Sun Sentinel, April 9, 2018