US 12,109,104 B2
Methods and devices for treating sphincter disorders
Robert A. Ganz, Minnetonka, MN (US); Gabriel L. Ganz, Minnetonka, MN (US); Ryan Timothy Balko, Rogers, MN (US); Justin James Herbert, Osseo, MN (US); and Brett Allyn Williams, North Oaks, MN (US)
Assigned to ESCHARA MEDICAL, LLC, Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed by ESCHARA MEDICAL, LLC, Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,702.
Application 18/404,702 is a continuation of application No. 17/652,628, filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Application 17/652,628 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/047831, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,803, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/895,306, filed on Sep. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,260, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,083, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138972 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 2/04 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/04 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/044 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reinforcing a sphincter, comprising:
disposing a scaffold of bioabsorbable material at least partially around a body organ containing a sphincter;
inducing a formation of collagen tissue around a portion of the body organ containing the sphincter; and
coupling, via the collagen tissue, the body organ containing the sphincter to an adjacent body portion.