US 12,440,323 B2
Method of delivering a urological device into a bladder neck or urethra of a user
Niall Behan, Kilcolgan (IE)
Assigned to Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek (DK)
Filed by Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek (DK)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,915.
Application 17/522,915 is a continuation of application No. 15/963,216, filed on Apr. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,202,697.
Application 15/963,216 is a continuation of application No. 15/287,744, filed on Oct. 7, 2016, granted, now 9,987,112, issued on Jun. 5, 2018.
Application 15/287,744 is a continuation of application No. 14/493,023, filed on Sep. 22, 2014, granted, now 9,498,314, issued on Nov. 22, 2016.
Application 14/493,023 is a continuation of application No. 12/971,451, filed on Dec. 17, 2010, granted, now 8,876,800, issued on Nov. 4, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/409,741, filed on Nov. 3, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/287,838, filed on Dec. 18, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061975 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0022 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0009 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 25/0075 (2013.01); A61M 39/06 (2013.01); A61M 39/0606 (2013.01); A61F 2002/047 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0633 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0646 (2013.01); A61M 2039/242 (2013.01); A61M 2039/2426 (2013.01); A61M 2039/2433 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method of delivering a urological device, the method comprising:
providing a catheter and a urological valve that is adapted to be retained within the catheter, wherein the urological valve comprises a stem defining a lumen, a plurality of leaflets connected to a proximal portion of the stem, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the plurality of leaflets;
advancing the catheter toward a bladder neck of a user;
withdrawing the catheter from the user;
deploying the urological valve out of the catheter into one of the bladder neck and a urethra of the user;
deploying the head part of the urological valve in a bladder of the user; and
deploying the stem of the urological valve in the urethra of the user.