Coloplast A/s

Rotation Medical, Inc.

Carbon Medical Technologies, Inc.

Michael M Witzmann

Sarah J Deitch

Allen Gaynor

Mark A Moschel

Jeffrey Brian Taylor

Randy Lee Morningstar

Neal Poucher

Charles L Euteneuer

Nathaniel Z Zenz-Olson

Thomas A Westling

Ty Erickson

John J Allen

Steven McClurg

William Atwood

Sarah J Schuchardt

Michael K Luk

Thomas KraMer

Ying Zheng

Rachael Anne Bergstrom Crabb

David Richmond

Matthew George Litton

Thomas P Kubalak

Douglas Adelbert Devens, Jr

John E Clegg

Geoffrey A Daniel

Douglas A Devens, Jr

Wei Zhang

Dean A Klein

Egon Triel

Manish Patel

Michael B Hektner

Steve Knop

Melissa Curran-Moore

Megan Lenz

Eric Watschke

James D Brazil

Vincent Tasche

Joseph Haydn Hofmeister

Thomas M Jaeger

MD Manish Patel

MD Ty Erickson

Jeffrey Cloose

Deflation button of an implantable penile prosthesis pump

A Y-shaped support has a head section having a first free end and a second end secured to a leg section, with the leg section having a first leg extending from the second end of the head section and a second leg extending from the second end of the head section. A first connector is provided as a first interlocking stitch, with the first interlocking stitch passed through open leg spaces of the first leg and open head spaces in the head section. A second connector is provided as a second interlocking stitch, with the second interlocking stitch passed through the aligned open leg spaces of the first leg and the second leg to connect the first leg to the second leg. The second end of the head section is located outside a space where the first leg is connected to the second leg.

Y-shaped sacrocolpopexy support

A penile prosthesis includes a penile prosthetic; a pump; a reservoir; first tubing adapted to couple the penile prosthetic to the pump; second tubing adapted to couple the reservoir to the pump; and a plate adapted to couple with the penile prosthetic. The plate is implantable and adapted to orient the penile prosthetic in an anatomically natal penis position that is adapted for penetrative intercourse.

Penile prosthetic and a plate adapted to orient the penile prosthetic in an anatomically natal penis position that is adapted for penetrative intercourse

A method of surgically providing a trans-male patient with a neopenis includes inserting an implantable penile prosthesis into an inverted vagina, where the implantable penile prosthesis includes a pair of malleable penile inserts inside an artificial tunica.

Method of surgically providing a trans-male patient with a neopenis including malleable penile inserts inside an artificial tunica

A method of attaching a surgical suture inside of a pelvis includes moving an anchor deployment component relative to the anchor delivery component, pushing an anchor out of the anchor delivery component and into tissue inside of the pelvis, and engaging anchor with the tissue inside of the pelvis.

Method of attaching a surgical suture inside of a pelvis

A method of treating prolapse of a vagina includes supporting the vagina by implanting a sacrocolpopexy support and locating an exterior surface of the vagina between leg portions of a vaginal cuff section of the support, and securing a head section of the support to a ligament or a sacrum while isolating the head section from contact with tissue of the vagina.

Method of treating prolapse of a vagina

An incontinence treatment device has first and second anchor assemblies. At least one of the first anchor assembly and the second anchor assembly is adjustable along the device and has a collar disposed over a body with a strand coupled to the device and located between the body and the collar.

Incontinence treatment device having a first anchor assembly and a second anchor assembly

Apparatus and methods for forming pilot holes in bone and deploying a staple therein for fixing a sheet-like implant to the bone. A pilot hole forming trocar assembly including a trocar and a position retention sleeve can be included. The trocar can be releasably coupled to the position retention sleeve and slide in keyed arrangement within the sleeve when uncoupled. The trocar can include a distal portion having a retractable blade and a pair of pilot hole forming spikes extending distally from the trocar shaft. Once the pilot holes are formed, the position retention sleeve maintains the position relative to the pilot holes while the trocar is removed and a staple delivery device can be inserted in the lumen of the position retention sleeve to deploy a staple in the pilot holes.

Apparatus and method for forming pilot holes in bone and delivering fasteners therein for retaining an implant

A method of treating urinary incontinence includes providing a support and a system of anchors connected to the support, securing some of anchors in the system of anchors into obturator foramen of a patient, securing other anchors of the system of anchors into periosteum tissue covering the pelvis bone, and implanting the support into the patent through an incision.

Method of treating urinary incontinence by anchoring a support to periosteum tissue

A method of fixing surgical suture to tissue includes loading an anchor into a delivery guide and locating a fixation device outside of the delivery guide, with the anchor and the fixation device attached by a suture. The method includes providing an anchor deployment component coupled with the delivery guide and located proximal to the anchor, with a spring mechanism located between a distal portion of the anchor deployment component and the anchor. The method includes moving the anchor deployment component in a distal direction through the delivery guide, pushing the anchor out of the delivery guide, and delivering the anchor into tissue.

Method of fixing surgical suture to tissue

A sacrocolpopexy support has a head section extending from a first end portion to a second end portion, and a leg section having a first leg portion placed on and in longitudinal alignment with a second leg portion. A first connector secures the leg section to the second end portion of the head section. A second connector secures the first leg portion to the second leg portion to form a closed joint that defines a space between the first leg portion and the second leg portion. An end of the second end portion of the head section terminates at a location exterior to the closed joint outside of the space between the first leg portion and the second leg portion.

Sacrocolpopexy support

A method of anchoring a support material to tissue includes forming an incision in a urogenital triangle of a patient for access to a pelvis of the patient; inserting a body portion of an anchor into a lumen in a cannula and having a spine portion of the anchor extending radially out of a wall of the cannula; and inserting a leading end of the cannula and the anchor into the incision. The method includes pushing the leading end of the cannula into periosteum tissue of the pelvis; engaging the spine portion of the anchor with the periosteum tissue; withdrawing the leading end of the cannula from the incision and leaving the anchor engaged in the periosteum tissue; and securing the support material to a suture that is attached to the anchor. The method includes delivering the support material through the incision to the pelvis.

System and method of anchoring support material to tissue

A method of fixating an implantable material in a patient includes forming an incision in the patient. The method includes inserting an anchor into a bore of a cannula, with the anchor attached to a support by a suture that is looped through an eyelet of the anchor and engaged through the support. The method includes inserting the cannula into the incision and along a cannula path into soft tissue, and ejecting the anchor out of the bore of the cannula and into the soft tissue. The suture is pulled in a direction away from the patient, moving the anchor to position a length of the anchor transverse to the cannula path. The method includes tying a knot in the suture, driving the knot against the support, and fixating the support in the patient.

Method of fixating an implantable material in a patient

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Shoreview, MN, United States of America

Michael M Witzmann