Penile implant for neophallus
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsJessica Elizabeth Felton, Thomas Andrew Albrecht, James Ryan Mujwid, Samuel L. Will, Randall Paul Rowland, John Anders Bostrom, Julie Andreen, Grady Jensen, Nickolas Dalbec, Paden Reed
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Abstract
According to an aspect, an implantable device for penile construction includes a penile implant having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion includes a shaft portion configured to be disposed in a neophallus. The proximal portion defines a first strut and a second strut, and the proximal portion is configured to be attached to a pelvis structure.
Claims13
An implantable device for penile construction, the implantable device comprising:
- a penile implant having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the penile implant including an erectile body having an outer surface, the outer surface defining an inner area, the erectile body having one or more fluid chambers and an artificial urethra, the artificial urethra extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, at least a portion of the artificial urethra being disposed within the inner area defined by the outer surface of the erectile body.
A method of implanting a penile implant, the method comprising:
- coupling a penile implant to a pelvic region of a patient, the penile implant having an artificial urethra at least partially disposed within an inner area defined by an outer surface of the penile implant;
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- coupling a portion of the artificial urethra to a urethra of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.