# US 9,750,609 B2 · Method of providing a patient with an implanted penile prosthetic adapted to provide improved flow of blood to a glans penis > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,609 B2 - Document ID: US9750609B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/296,063 - Filed: 2016-10-18 - Published: 2017-02-02 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-30 - Assignees: Coloplast A/S - Applicants: Coloplast A/S - Inventors: Jeffrey Brian Taylor - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750609B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/26: Penis implants - A61F 5/41: Devices for promoting penis erection - A61M 29/00: Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies - A61F 2005/415: {by inflatable means} - A61F 2250/0003: having an inflatable pocket filled with fluid, e.g. liquid or gas - 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) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A method of providing a patient with an implanted penile prosthetic adapted to provide improved flow of blood to a glans penis dilating a first portion of tissue in the corpora cavernosum and creating a first space and leaving a segment of vascularized tissue in the corpora cavernosum un-dilated and undisturbed, and engaging a channel formed in an exterior surface of a penile prosthetic with the segment of vascularized tissue. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of providing a patient with an implanted penile prosthetic adapted to provide improved flow of blood to a glans penis, the method comprising: making an incision in the patient and exposing a corpora cavernosum of a penis; dilating a first portion of tissue in the corpora cavernosum and creating a first space and leaving a segment of vascularized tissue in the corpora cavernosum un-dilated and undisturbed; introducing a penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum with an insert positioning tool inserted, where the penile prosthesis includes a body having a channel formed in an exterior surface of the body and the insert positioning tool is inserted into the channel formed in the body of the penile prosthesis; and engaging the channel formed in the exterior surface of the body with the segment of vascularized tissue. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the segment of vascularized tissue is adjacent a midline of the penis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the segment of vascularized tissue is a majority of tissue inside of the corpora cavernosum. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising engaging the channel formed in the exterior surface of the body with the segment of vascularized tissue that is oriented adjacent a midline of the penis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: introducing the penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum by moving the insert positioning tool and the penile prosthesis in a distal direction; and releasing the insert positioning tool from the channel and withdrawing the insert positioning tool from the corpora cavernosum. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, comprising placing the insert positioning tool in the channel formed in the exterior surface of the body by engaging a distal end of the insert positioning tool with an engagement feature provided on a distal end portion of the body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising introducing the penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum, where the body of the penile prosthesis includes a reinforcing layer extending along the channel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising dilating the first portion of tissue in the corpora cavernosum with a dilator tool having a groove, where the groove is adapted to leave the segment of vascularized tissue in the corpora cavernosum un-dilated and undisturbed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising introducing an inflatable penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising introducing a malleable shaft penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising introducing the penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum, where the channel includes a tissue ingrowth promoting material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising introducing the penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum, where the body of the penile prosthesis includes a plurality of channels formed in the exterior surface of the body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising introducing the penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum, where the channel has a cross-section that is rectangular. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising introducing the penile prosthesis into the first space in the corpora cavernosum, where the channel has a cross-section that is V-shaped. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein dilating the first portion of tissue in the corpora cavernosum comprises minimally dilating the first portion of tissue in the corpora cavernosum and maintaining healthy tissue in the corpora cavernosum.