Coloplast A/s

Sarah J Schuchardt

John J Allen

Michael M Witzmann

Neal Poucher

John E Clegg

Mark A Moschel

Allen Gaynor

William Hartsig

Matthew George Litton

David Richmond

Geoffrey A Daniel

Thomas P Kubalak

Rachael Anne Bergstrom Crabb

Wei Zhang

Michael B Hektner

Melissa Curran-Moore

Eric Watschke

Jon Cornell

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 method of preparing a suture fixation device for use in surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse includes providing a delivery device and a tissue fixation device. The tissue fixation device includes a tab connected to a tissue anchor, with the tissue anchor having a suture eyelet. The method includes instructing a user to hold the tab and insert the tissue anchor into the delivery device and breaking the tab away from the tissue anchor leaving the tissue anchor in the delivery device.

Method of preparing a suture fixation device for use in surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse

A tissue anchor system includes a fixation device and a tool. The fixation device includes a tab connected to a tissue anchor. The tool includes a shaft connected between a proximal handle portion and a distal tip. The distal tip is configured to limit movement of the fixation device during loading of the tissue anchor.

Tissue anchor system including a fixation device and a delivery tool

A kit of parts includes components implantable in a patient to adapt a neopenis of the patient for penetrative intercourse. The kit of parts includes an implantable support, an implantable penile prosthesis, and an artificial glans penis. When implanted, the implantable support orients the implantable penile prosthesis and the artificial glans penis in an anatomically natal penis position that is adapted for penetrative intercourse.

Kit of parts providing components implantable in a patient to adapt a neopenis of the patient for penetrative intercourse

Tissue anchor

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

A cuff for an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) system includes an interior wall that is smooth and characterized by an absence of creases, an exterior wall that provides the cuff with a backboard adapted to support movement of the interior wall, and endwalls. A cavity is located between the interior wall, the exterior wall, and the pair of endwalls and is adapted to contain a liquid. Liquid in the cavity is maintained at an equilibrium pressure that is selected to displace the interior wall and maintain the cuff in a closed position around the urethra to provide the user with urinary continence.

Cuff for an artificial urinary sphincter system

A method of placing an anchor into tissue includes providing an anchor assembly including an anchor and a suture, handling the anchor assembly by holding the insertion tab, and inserting the anchor into a bore of a cannula by holding the insertion tab outside of the bore of the cannula.

Method of placing an anchor into tissue by utilizing an insertion tab

An implant adapted to treat urinary incontinence includes a support material, a suture, and an anchor. The support material is provided to support the urethra when implanted in a patient. The suture is inserted through the support material and includes a first trailing end portion and a second trailing end portion. The anchor has a body, a fin extending from the body with an eyelet formed in the fin and the suture passed through the eyelet of the fin, and a gripping tab removably attached to the fin. The gripping tab is removable from the fin prior to insertion of the anchor into tissue.

Implant adapted to treat urinary incontinence

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.

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Sarah J Schuchardt