Coloplast A/s

Donald Wolf

Allen Gaynor

Matthew V Leyden

Christian Richard Trifilio

Timothy A Bachman

Steven McClurg

Christopher Anthony Thierfelder

Pornpimon Ongmorakot

Randy Lee Morningstar

Mark A Moschel

Nicholas Ellering

Michael K Luk

James Leigh Lindenberg

Pornpimon Narthasilpa

Thomas P Kubalak

Douglas Adelbert Devens, Jr

Julie M Woessner

Timothy A Bachmann

Steven Mcclurg

A penile prosthesis includes an inflatable bladder and a sleeve. The inflatable bladder is adapted to provide a penis with an erection when the inflatable bladder is filled with a liquid. The sleeve is disposed over the inflatable bladder to increase a column strength of the inflatable bladder, which allows insertion of the inflatable bladder into a corpora cavernosum of the penis without a tow suture. The sleeve is aqueously dissolvable after implantation.

Sleeve disposed over a penile prosthesis to increase column strength for insertion of the prosthesis into a penis

A penile prosthetic includes a penile implant sized for insertion into a dilated corpora cavernosum of a penis and an insertion sleeve. The penile implant includes a proximal tip that is insertable into a crus penis and an inflatable bladder connected to the proximal tip. The inflatable bladder has a first column strength and includes a distal tip that is insertable into a glans penis. The insertion sleeve is attachable to an outside surface of the inflatable bladder. The insertion sleeve is soluble in saline or water.

Penile prosthetic with an insertion sleeve attachable to an inflatable bladder

A penile prosthetic includes an insertion tool contained inside of an inflatable bladder of a penile implant. The penile implant is sized for insertion into a dilated corpora cavernosum of a penis. The penile implant has a proximal tip that is insertable into the crus penis, with the inflatable bladder connected to the proximal tip. The inflatable bladder has a first column strength and includes a distal tip that is insertable into the glans penis. The insertion tool provides the inflatable bladder with an effective column strength that is greater than the first column strength.

Penile prosthetic with an insertion tool contained inside an inflatable bladder

A suturing assembly is provided that is configured to pull a capsule attached to a suture through tissue. The suturing assembly includes a shaft aligned on a longitudinal axis of the suturing assembly, and a head coupled to the shaft. The head includes a proximal portion and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat. The proximal portion houses a needle that is movable through a needle exit port. The proximal portion of the head and the needle exit port are both aligned on the longitudinal axis. A proximal side of the distal end of the head defines a cavity adapted to receive the capsule and a distal side of the distal end of the head defines a slot adapted to allow the suture to pass through the distal end of the head and into the cavity.

Suturing system and assembly

A suture system includes a tool and a suture assembly. The tool includes a head having a proximal portion housing a needle and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, where the needle is movable through a needle exit port formed in the proximal portion of the head to a cavity formed in the distal end of the head. The suture assembly includes a length of suture connected to a suture cap that includes an annular wall that forms a hollow tubular section, and a tubular sleeve inserted in the annular wall, with an end of the length of suture inserted into and connected to the tubular sleeve. The needle is operable to engage with the hollow tubular section of the suture cap and move the suture cap between the cavity and the needle exit port.

Suture system and assembly including a suture cap formed around a tubular sleeve

A method of suturing tissue includes engaging tissue with a suturing head, driving a needle from a proximal end portion of the suturing head through the tissue, and engaging a capsule disposed in a distal end portion of the suturing head with the needle, the capsule comprising a length of suture attached thereto.

Tissue suturing method

A suturing assembly configured to place suture in tissue includes a handle having an actuator, a shaft coupled to the handle, and a head coupled to the shaft. The head includes a proximal portion housing a needle movable through a needle exit port and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, the distal end defining a cavity. The actuator is configured to move the needle out of the needle exit port formed in the proximal portion of the head and across the throat to engage a capsule disposed in the cavity formed in the distal end of the head, the capsule attached to the suture.

An instrument configured to prepare a penis for implantation of a penile prosthetic includes a shaft extending between a distal end and a proximal end, a plunger coupled to and movable relative to the shaft, and a dilation head coupled to a distal end of the plunger and disposed around an exterior of the shaft. The dilation head is movable longitudinally along the shaft.

Instrument configured to prepare a penis for implantation of a penile prosthetic

A method of preparing an opening formed in a penis for reception of a penile prosthetic includes measuring a length of the opening formed in the penis with a shaft of an instrument, and moving a dilation head longitudinally along the shaft of the instrument and dilating a diameter of the opening formed in the penis.

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Vadnais Heights, MN, United States of America

Donald Wolf