EUGENE Y. RHEE, MD
Urology at Zion Ave, San Diego, CA

8029435, Oct 4, 2011

Jun 9, 2009

12/480701

Bryon L. Merade - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Craig Comiter - Tucson AZ, US
Victor Nitti - Wyckoff NJ, US
Raymond Rackley - Shaker Heights OH, US
Eugene Rhee - San Diego CA, US
Sandip Vasavada - Westlake OH, US
Kapri Ellenson - Los Alamitos CA, US

Coloplast A/S - Humlebaek

A61F 2/02

600 30

An implantable sling for the treatment of male or female incontinence and method of implementing the same. The sling comprises a urethral support portion and at least one anchoring portion extending therefrom. The anchoring portion is operatively positioned through the obturator foramen and about at least one ramus portion of the pelvis such that the support portion of the implant is operatively positioned at or distal to the bulbar urethra (male) or mid-urethral region (female) to treat urinary incontinence. In a preferred embodiment, the implant will have first and second anchoring portions extending from the support portion with each respective one of said anchoring portions being operative to be secured about dedicated ones of the patient's pubic ramus. The implants may further be fabricated from tissues, synthetic materials or combinations thereof.

8485962, Jul 16, 2013

Aug 25, 2011

13/217250

Bryon L. Merade - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Craig Comiter - Palo Alto CA, US
Victor Nitti - Wyckoff NJ, US
Raymond Rackley - Shaker Heights OH, US
Eugene Rhee - San Diego CA, US
Sandip Vasavada - Westlake OH, US
Kapri Ellenson - Los Alamitos CA, US

Coloplast A/S - Humlebaek

A61F 2/02

600 30

A method of treating urinary incontinence includes making an incision and exposing urethral tissue in a patient and employing a tool to place an implant into the incision. The method also includes coupling a first end of the implant to the tool and directing the tool and the first end of the implant through a first obturator foramen of the patient and following the same approach on a contralateral side of the patient thus suspending the implant between the first obturator foramen and the second obturator foramen of the patient. The method additionally includes elevating a urethra of the patient with a central portion of the implant, and securing the first end of the implant relative to a first descending ramus of the patient and securing the second end of the implant relative to a second descending ramus of the patient.

8608640, Dec 17, 2013

Jun 11, 2012

13/492939

Bryon L. Merade - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Craig Comiter - Palo Alto CA, US
Victor Nitti - Wyckoff NJ, US
Raymond Rackley - Shaker Heights OH, US
Eugene Rhee - San Diego CA, US
Sandip Vasavada - Westlake OH, US
Kapri Ellenson - Los Alamitos CA, US

Coloplast A/S - Humlebaek

A61F 2/00

600 30

A method of treating urinary incontinence includes forming a first incision exposing a urethral region a patient and forming first and second suprapubic incisions. The method includes tunneling an introducer from the first suprapubic incision superficially anterior to a pubic symphysis of the patient and out of the first incision, attaching a first portion of an implant to the introducer and retracting the introducer and the first portion of the implant from the first incision to the first suprapubic incision, and repeating these maneuvers on the contralateral side. The method includes forming third and fourth incisions and tunneling a suitable introducer from the third/fourth incisions through separate obturator foramen of the patient to allow retracting portions of the implant from the first incision back through to the third/fourth incision with the introducer.

2012014, Jun 14, 2012

Feb 10, 2012

13/370319

Craig Comiter - Palo Alto CA, US
Eugene Young Rhee - San Diego CA, US
Bryon Merade - Thousand Oaks CA, US

COLOPLAST A/S - Humlebaek

A61F 2/04

600 30

Implantable devices are designed to provide support to the bulbar urethral region of a patient experiencing incontinence. Surgical methods are utilized to implant the devices, and surgical tools are utilized with the surgical methods.

8177708, May 15, 2012

Oct 17, 2007

12/445849

Craig Comiter - Palo Alto CA, US
Eugene Young Rhee - San Diego CA, US
Bryon Merade - Agoura CA, US

Coloplast A/S - Humlebaek

A61F 2/02

600 30, 600 29

Implantable devices are designed to provide support to the bulbar urethral region of a patient experiencing incontinence. Surgical methods are utilized to implant the devices, and surgical tools are utilized with the surgical methods.

8485963, Jul 16, 2013

Mar 2, 2012

13/410301

Craig Comiter - Palo Alto CA, US
Eugene Rhee - San Diego CA, US
Bryon Merade - Thousand Oaks CA, US

Coloplast A/S - Humlebaek

A61F 2/02, A61F 2/00, A61F 13/00, A61F 5/48, A61B 17/08

600 30, 600 29, 600 37, 606151, 606157, 128885

Implantable devices are designed to provide support to the bulbar urethral region of a patient experiencing incontinence. Surgical methods are utilized to implant the devices, and surgical tools are utilized with the surgical methods.