Coloplast A/s

Vysera Biomedical Limited

Niall Behan

Gabriel Sobrino-Serrano

Anthony O'Halloran

Ashutosh Kumar

Donal Devery

Sean Finnegan

Edwin Lyons

Enda McLaughlin

Anthony O'halloran

Enda Mclaughlin

Gabriel Sobrino - Serrano

A method of delivering a urological device includes providing a catheter and a urological valve that can be retained within the catheter; advancing the catheter toward a bladder neck of a user; withdrawing the catheter from the user; and deploying the urological valve out of the catheter into the bladder neck or urethra of the user.

Method of delivering a urological device into a bladder neck or urethra of a user

A urological device includes a valve retained in a urinary catheter. The urinary catheter has a first portion that is insertable into a urethra and a second portion adapted to remain outside of the urethra when the first portion is inserted into the urethra. The valve has a closed configuration adapted to prevent urine from exiting the urinary catheter and an open configuration adapted to allow urine to flow through and exit the urinary catheter. The valve is adapted to move from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to a hydrodynamic pressure of at least 750 mm H2O applied to the valve for at least 5 seconds.

Urological device including a valve retained in a urinary catheter

A kit of parts includes a urological device and a catheter. The urological device has a stem defining a lumen, a valve connected to a proximal portion of the stem and located in the lumen, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the valve. The catheter is adapted to insert the urological device into a urethra of a user.

Kit of parts including a urological device

A valve device includes a valve, a scaffold connected coaxially to an external surface of the valve, a luminal prosthesis that is adapted to be implanted into a lumen of a patient, with the scaffold and the valve removably attachable inside of the luminal prosthesis.

Valve device

A urological device adapted for placement in a urethra of a user for treatment of incontinence includes a stem, an anchor portion connected to a distal end portion of the stem, a bladder retainer connected to a proximal end of the stem, and a urological valve connected to the proximal end of the stem. The urological valve includes a plurality of movable leaflets connected to and extending in a proximal direction way from the proximal end of the stem. The movable leaflets have an at-rest closed configuration adapted to prevent a flow of urine through the stem, and the movable leaflets are adapted to evert in a distal direction to provide the urological valve with an open configuration adapted to allow urine to flow through the stem.

Urological device adapted for placement in a urethra of a user for treatment of incontinence

A valve insertable into a body lumen has a body region forming a first leaflet and a second leaflet, with the first leaflet in contact with the second leaflet to provide the valve with a closed position. The body region includes a multiblock copolymer that is biomimetic and hydrolytically stable.

Valve insertable into a body lumen

A valve insertable into a body lumen includes a body region extending in a distal direction away from a proximal rim. The proximal rim defines an outer perimeter of the valve at a proximal end of the valve. The body region forms a first leaflet and a second leaflet, with the first leaflet in contact with the second leaflet to provide the valve with a closed position. The first leaflet includes a first segment in contact with the proximal rim and a second segment in contact with the second leaflet. The first segment is curved to include a convex exterior surface and a concave interior surface of the valve. The second segment is curved to include a concave exterior surface and a convex interior surface of the valve.

Valve

An inexpensive small-sized screen printing machine having low redundancy and high production efficiency and applicable to a dual conveying-type component mounting machine. A pair of substrate supporting tables juxtaposed in a specific direction is provided. Screen printing is alternately performed by a single print executing section in a common area which can be shared by the two substrate supporting tables. In doing so, when one substrate supporting table located at a print position among the pair of substrate supporting tables starts exiting the print position, the other substrate supporting table starts entry to the print position.

Luminal prosthesis and implant device

A urological device includes a valve support stem, a bladder retainer, and a urological valve. The valve support stem is adapted for placement in a urethra of a user and extends between a proximal end and a distal end. The bladder retainer is adapted for placement in a bladder of the user. The bladder retainer is connected to the valve support stem at a support stem location between the proximal end and the distal end of the valve support stem. The bladder retainer is formed as a wall of material extending radially outwardly from the valve support stem, with a proximal surface of the wall forming an acute angle relative to the valve support stem. The urological valve is disposed in the bladder retainer at a location proximal to the support stem location and proximal to the proximal surface of the wall.

Urological device having a bladder retainer and a valve

A method of treating urinary incontinence includes providing a urological device having a stem defining a lumen, a valve connected to a proximal portion of the stem and located in the lumen, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the valve. The method further includes deploying the urological device by moving the stem and the valve and the head part out of a catheter and placing the head part and the valve of the urological device in a bladder of the user and placing the stem of the urological device in the urethra of the user.

Method of treating urinary incontinence

A urological device comprises a urological valve for location in the bladder of a patient and a valve support stem for location in the urethra of a patient. The valve has a normally closed configuration to prevent flow from the bladder and an open configuration for fluid flow through the valve. The valve is automatically movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to a pre-set hydrodynamic pressure applied for a pre-set time. In one case the valve has a plurality of valve leaflets with a region of co-aption between the valve leaflets. In the normally closed configuration the valve leaflets are engaged at the region of co-aption and in the open configuration the leaflets are separated at the co-aption region for fluid flow through the valve.

Urological device

A urological device comprises a urological valve having a plurality of valve leaflets with a region of co-aption between the valve leaflets. The valve has a normally closed configuration in which the valve leaflets are engaged at the region of co-aption and an open configuration in which the leaflets are separated at the co-aption region for fluid flow through the valve. The valve is automatically movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to applied urological pressure.

The present invention provides a triblock copolymer and a viscoelastic biostable foam comprising the same.

Biomaterial

A medical treatment device (), for treating reflux from a stomach () to an esophagus () and for delivering a therapeutic agent to an inner surface of the esophagus (), comprises a valve member (), a lining member (), and a support member (). The valve member () is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, in which the valve member () facilitates passage of material between the esophagus () and the stomach (). The valve member () is biased towards the closed configuration and gradually moves over a period of 4 to 10 secs from the open configuration to the closed configuration. The support member () supports the device () relative to the esophagus () and the stomach (). The lining member () lines part of the inner surface of the esophagus () for delivery of a therapeutic agent to the esophagus ().

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Kilcolgan, Ireland

Niall Behan