Temporary space-filling penile implant for corporal healing and neophallus conditioning
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorJessica Elizabeth Felton
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Abstract
A temporary space-filling penile implant device for penile surgery includes a body portion, an end portion attached to the body portion, and a cover surrounding the end portion and at least a portion of the body portion. The temporary space-filling penile implant may be configured for insertion into either corpora cavernosa of a penis or into interior tissue of a neophallus, during an inter-procedure time period that occurs between two surgical procedures performed on the penis or the neophallus.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- performing a first surgical procedure including:
- removing a first penile prosthesis,
- implanting a first portion of a temporary space-filling penile implant device into either corpora cavernosa of a penis or into interior tissue of a neophallus, and
- implanting a second portion of the temporary space-filling penile implant device;
- and coupling the first portion of the temporary space-filling penile implant device to the second portion of the temporary space-filling penile implant device after at least one of the first portion of the space-filling penile implant device and the second portion of the space-filling implant device has been implanted, wherein the temporary space-filling penile implant device includes a cover over at least a portion of the space-filling penile implant device;
- and
- performing a second surgical procedure including:
- removing the space-filling penile implant device, and
- implanting a second penile prosthesis.
A temporary space-filling penile implant device for penile surgery, the temporary space-filling penile implant device comprising:
- a body portion, the body portion including a proximal specific portion and a distal specific portion configured to be coupled to the proximal specific portion after at least one of the proximal specific portion and the distal specific portion have been implanted in a body of a patient, the proximal specific portion being coupled to the distal specific portion via a coupler having teeth configured to engage at least one of the proximal specific portion and the distal specific portion;
- an end portion attached to the body portion;
- and
- a cover surrounding the end portion and at least a portion of the body portion,
- wherein the temporary space-filling penile implant is configured for insertion into either corpora cavernosa of a penis or into interior tissue of a neophallus, during an inter-procedure time period that occurs between two surgical procedures performed on the penis or the neophallus.
A temporary space-filling penile implant device for penile surgery, the temporary space-filling penile implant device comprising:
- a proximal-specific body portion;
- a distal-specific body portion;
- a connector connecting the proximal-specific portion and the distal-specific body portion and configured to be coupled to the proximal-specific body portion and to the distal-specific body portion after at least one of the proximal-specific body portion and the distal-specific body portion has been implanted in a body of a patient, the connector having teeth configured to engage at least one of the distal-specific body portion and the proximal-specific body portion;
- an end portion attached to the distal-specific portion;
- and
- a cover surrounding the end portion and at least a portion of the distal-specific portion,
- wherein the temporary space-filling penile implant is configured for insertion into either corpora cavernosa of a penis or into interior tissue of a neophallus, during an inter-procedure time period that occurs between two surgical procedures performed on the penis or the neophallus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.