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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2014
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Neal Poucher, North Oaks, MN (US);
Fernando El-Hage, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Deborah Kidder, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A surgical tool adapted for identifying an incision site is disclosed. The surgical tool includes an intra-urethral probe and a transmitter. The intra-urethral probe has a distal end opposite of a proximal end. A distal end portion of the intra-urethral probe is insertable into a urethra of a patient and is sized and configured to prevent the distal end of the intra-urethral probe from entering a bladder of the patient. The transmitter is located at the distal end portion of the intra-urethral probe and is configured to transmit a signal from inside of the urethra to an exterior surface of skin of the patient where the signal is sensed. The signal transmitted is one of a magnetic field, a vibratory pulse, a sound, or light in a visible wavelength.