# US 9,750,574 B2 · Surgical system for and a method of identifying an incision site

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- Number: US 9,750,574 B2
- Document ID: US9750574B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/288,392
- Filed: 2014-05-28
- Published: 2015-12-03
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-05-28
- Assignees: Coloplast A/S
- Applicants: Coloplast A/S
- Inventors: Neal Poucher; Fernando El-Hage
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750574B2

## CPC

- A61B 34/70: {Manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery}
- A61B 1/00158: {using magnetic field}
- A61B 5/062: {using magnetic field}
- A61B 5/202: {Assessing bladder functions, e.g. incontinence assessment}
- A61B 5/4375: {for evaluating the male reproductive system}
- A61B 90/11: with guides for needles or instruments, e.g. arcuate slides or ball joints
- A61B 2034/733: {arranged only on one side of the patient, e.g. under a table}
- A61B 2090/3937: {Visible markers}
- A61F 2/0036: {implantable (A61F2/0018 takes precedence)}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

A surgical system for and a method of identifying an incision site includes a surgical system having an intra-urethral probe and a template. The probe has a distal end opposite of a proximal end that is insertable into a urethra of a patient. The probe is sized and configured to prevent the proximal end of the probe from entering a bladder of the patient. A proximal end portion of the probe is magnetized to a first polarity. The template is sized for placement between an anus and a scrotum of the patient. The template includes a magnetic region magnetically attractable to the first polarity of the probe.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of identifying an incision site for implantation of an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS), the method comprising:
inserting a magnetized distal end of a probe into a urethra of a patient;
placing a template on perineal skin and magnetically attracting a magnetic region of the template to the magnetized distal end of the probe; and
forming an incision in the perineal skin at a location where the magnetic region of the template is magnetically attracted to the distal end of the probe.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
preventing the magnetized distal end of the probe from entering a bladder of the patient.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, comprising inserting the magnetized distal end of the probe into the urethra of the patient to a junction in the urethra, with the junction in the urethra located where the urethra transitions from a horizontal orientation extending along a length of a penis to a vertical orientation where the urethra connects with a bladder.