Abstract:
A method of dissecting tissue includes inserting a magnetized catheter into a urethra; magnetically pushing a tool away from the urethra with the magnetized catheter; and dissecting tissue posterior of the urethra with the tool.
Abstract:
A tool for implanting an inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder includes a pincher and a plunger coupled to a handle of the tool and movable relative to the pincher. The pincher has a spine portion that is movably coupled to a distal end portion of the handle and a first jaw movably coupled to a second jaw along the spine portion of the pincher. The first jaw has a first plunger edge that is spaced a gap distance away from a second plunger edge of the second jaw. The plunger is tapered having a first width at a distal end that is not greater than the gap distance and a second width that is larger than the first width. The second width measured proximal of the distal end of the plunger.
Abstract:
A pump includes a pump bulb connected to a pump body. An exhaust valve assembly is disposed in the pump body within an exit flow path communicating between the pump bulb and the cylinder. An inlet valve is rotatably disposed in the pump body within an inlet flow path communicating between the reservoir and the pump bulb. The inlet valve includes a spherical part retained in a seat formed by the pump body, an inlet flange connected to and extending radially away from the spherical part, and a lockout flange connected to and extending radially away from the spherical part. A channel is formed through a portion of the spherical part of the inlet valve. The channel includes an outlet hole that is blocked from the inlet flow path by the seat formed in the pump body and opened to the inlet flow path by rotation of the inlet valve.
Abstract:
A surgical system adapted for dissection of tissue away from a body lumen includes a tissue dissection tool and a catheter. The tissue dissection tool includes a shaft connected between a handle and a tissue dissection head. At least the tissue dissection head of the tissue dissection tool is magnetized to a first polarity. The catheter is insertable into a urethra, with a wall of the catheter magnetized to the first polarity. When the catheter is inserted into the urethra, the first polarity of the catheter is configured to repel the first polarity of the tissue dissection head of the tool away from the catheter and away from in the urethra.
Abstract:
A penile prosthetic system includes a reservoir that is configured to be attached to a penile implant. The penile implant includes a first bladder and a second bladder, with the first bladed configured to be attached into fluid communication with the reservoir and the second bladder containing a dilatant liquid.
Abstract:
A suturing assembly includes a handle and a head located distal to the handle. The handle includes an actuator coupled to a distal half of the handle. The head defines a head perimeter and includes a needle port and a capsule cavity located within the head perimeter. The needle port stores a needle that is connected with the actuator by a rod and the capsule cavity is sized to retain a suture capsule attached to a length of suture. A release mechanism is attached to the rod and located on the distal half of the handle. The needle is movable within the head perimeter to engage with the suture capsule and place the suture capsule into the needle port, and the release mechanism is operable to move the rod a distance in a proximal direction to separate the suture capsule from the needle.
Abstract:
A penile prosthetic includes a proximal tip in communication with a reservoir, a cylinder bladder connected at a proximal end to the proximal tip and extending to a distal end, and peristaltic tubing disposed inside the cylinder bladder. The peristaltic tubing has a proximal end that communicates with the reservoir and a distal end that is open to the cylinder bladder. Peristaltic compression applied from the proximal end to the distal end of the peristaltic tubing pumps fluid from the reservoir into the cylinder bladder.