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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Darnell, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Robert J. Berkenes, Buffalo, MN (US);
Robert L. Rykhus, Jr., Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/26 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/26 (2013.01); A61F 2002/484 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); F04C 2270/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application is generally directed to an expandable sleeve component of an implantable penile prosthesis, to a prosthesis containing the sleeve, and to related methods of preparation and use. More specifically, the present application is directed to an implantable penile prosthesis having a cylindrical polymeric (e.g., extruded, molded, etc.) sleeve for controlling cylinder expansion upon placement of the prosthesis within a corpus cavernosum and expansion during use.