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US 12,616,563 B2Granted
Device for mitigating urinary incontinence post prostatectomy
AssigneeLevee Medical, Inc.
InventorBruce Choi
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for managing a shape of a junction between a bladder and urethra, for example, to promote urinary continence after a prostatectomy.
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A device for mitigating urinary incontinence post prostatectomy, the device comprising:
- an implant having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first and second portions are configured to form a hollow interior area within the implant extending along a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein:
- the first portion and the second portion are each configured to form a tubular shaped wall centered about the longitudinal axis,
- the first portion is configured to receive a portion of a urethra therein,
- the second portion is configured to receive an extended portion of a bladder therein, and
- the implant is configured to encase the portion of the urethra and the extended portion of the bladder in the hollow interior area of the implant;
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- wherein the device is further configured:
- to lengthen the extended portion of the bladder along the longitudinal axis by extending and narrowing the extended portion of the bladder within the hollow interior area of the device to increase effective urethral length sufficient to mitigate stress that the bladder places on one or more sphincter muscles controlling passage of liquid from the bladder to the urethra to thereby mitigate incontinence.
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A device for mitigating urinary incontinence post prostatectomy, the device comprising:
- a compressible implant configured to expand and compress along a longitudinal axis between a compressed state and an expanded state, the compressible implant having a first portion and a second portion that extend along, and are centered about, the longitudinal axis, the compressible implant forming a hollow interior area within the compressible implant that is centered about the longitudinal axis, wherein
- the first portion and the second portion are each configured to form a tubular shaped wall centered about the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the compressible implant is configured to increase an effective urethral length by extending and narrowing an extended portion of a bladder along the longitudinal axis while constraining the extended portion of the bladder within the hollow interior area of the compressible implant to mitigate stress that the bladder places on one or more sphincter muscles controlling passage of liquid from the bladder to a urethra surgically attached to the bladder to thereby mitigate incontinence.
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A device for mitigating urinary incontinence post prostatectomy, the device comprising:
- an implant having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first and second portions are configured to form a hollow interior area within the implant extending along a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein:
- the first portion and the second portion are each configured to form a tubular shaped wall centered about the longitudinal axis,
- the second portion extending between a proximal end of the second portion and a distal end of the second portion, wherein the proximal end is proximal to the first portion and has a width that is the same as a width of the first portion, and the distal end is distal from the first portion and has a width that is wider than the width of the first portion;
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- wherein the implant is configured to lengthen an extended portion of a bladder along the longitudinal axis by extending and narrowing the extended portion of the bladder while constraining the extended portion of the bladder within the hollow interior area of the implant to mitigate stress that the bladder places on one or more sphincter muscles controlling passage of liquid from the bladder to a urethra surgically attached to the bladder to thereby mitigate incontinence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.