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US 2020/0138579 A1Published application
Penile prosthesis implantation apparatus and related methods
OwnerJoseph Atkins Pettus, IV, Katherine Ann Byrne +2inventors
InventorsJoseph Atkins Pettus, IV, Katherine Ann Byrne, Tristan Reilly Pettus, Rylan Connor Pettus
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Abstract
A penile prosthesis implantation apparatus and related methods are described.
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A penile prosthesis implantation device comprising:
- a rod having a protrusion disposed on a first side of the rod at a distance proximal to a distal end of the rod;
- a channel inside the rod accessed by a fluted entry at a proximal end of the rod, the channel extending diagonally though the rod and exiting at a channel opening at the distal end of the rod;
- a slot formed at the distal end of the rod and opening into the channel opening at a distal end of the slot, wherein a bottom of the slot opens into the channel;
- an offset handle extending from the proximal end of the rod on a second side of the rod;
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- a needle pusher having a flat syringe-style plunger at a proximate end.
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A method for implanting a penile prosthesis, the method comprising:
- opening corpora cavernosum via corporotomy;
- selecting the penile prosthesis;
- threading sutures of the penile prosthesis through a Keith needle;
- loading the Keith needle into a distal tip of a penile prosthesis implantation device;
- bringing out the sutures through a distal slot of the penile prosthesis implantation device;
- holding the sutures in place against an offset handle of the penile prosthesis implantation device;
- preventing the Keith needle from protruding from the distal tip of the penile prosthesis implantation device;
- advancing the penile prosthesis implantation device distally through a corpora cavernosum with the offset handle directed laterally away from a penis;
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- advancing a needle pusher through a fluted entrance of the penile prosthesis implantation device, once the penile prosthesis implantation device is in place, causing the Keith needle to pierce and exit from the glans penis.
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A method for measuring length of corpora cavernosum, the method comprising:
- opening the corpora cavernosum via corporotomy;
- advancing a penile prosthesis implantation device distally through the corpora cavernosum to measure a distal corporal length, wherein an offset handle of the penile prosthesis implantation device is directed laterally away from a penis;
- withdrawing the penile prosthesis implantation device from the corpora cavernosum;
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- advancing the penile prosthesis implantation device proximally through the corpora cavernosum to measure a proximal corporal length of the corpora cavernosum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.