METHOD OF TREATING URINARY INCONTINENCE

• US 20170020645A1
• Filed: 10/07/2016
• Published: 01/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coloplast A/S
• Original Assignee: Coloplast A/S
• Inventors: Behan, Niall
• Granted Patent: US 9,987,112 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0009 placed in or outside the body opening close to the surface of the body plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ A61B17/0057
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0022 placed deep in the body opening occluding blood vessels by internal devices A61B17/12022
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/04 Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts A61F2/18, A61F2/20 take precedence; devices, other than stent-grafts, providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body other than stent-grafts, e.g. stents A61F2/82; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/047 Urethrae
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0633 the seal being a passive seal made of a resilient material with or without an opening
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0646 Duckbill-valve
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/242 designed to open when a predetermined pressure or flow rate has been reached, e.g. check valve actuated by fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/2426 Slit valve
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/2433 Valve comprising a resilient or deformable element, e.g. flap valve, deformable disc
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0017 specially adapted for long-term hygiene care, e.g. urethral or indwelling catheters to prevent infections
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0075 Valve means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/06 Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/0606 without means for adjusting the seal opening or pressure A61M39/0693 takes precedence

Abstract

A method of treating urinary incontinence includes providing a urological device having a stem defining a lumen, a valve connected to a proximal portion of the stem and located in the lumen, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the valve. The method further includes deploying the urological device by moving the stem and the valve and the head part out of a catheter and placing the head part and the valve of the urological device in a bladder of the user and placing the stem of the urological device in the urethra of the user.

Claims

1. A method of treating urinary incontinence, the method comprising:

providing a urological device having a stem defining a lumen, a valve connected to a proximal portion of the stem and located in the lumen, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the valve;

locating the stem and the valve and the head part of the urological device inside of a catheter;

advancing the catheter into a urethra of a user;

deploying the urological device by moving the stem and the valve and the head part out of the catheter;

placing the head part and the valve of the urological device in a bladder of the user; and

placing the stem of the urological device in the urethra of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing the catheter out of the urethra of the user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising a tab connected to a distal portion of the stem, the method further comprising:

anchoring the tab at a meatus of the urethra and preventing migration of the stem into the bladder of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the head part has a distal surface with a concave curvature, the method further comprising:

placing the concave curvature of the distal surface of the head part in contact with the bladder of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the valve has a plurality of leaflets, the method further comprising:

placing the plurality of leaflets of the valve in the bladder of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the valve has a plurality of leaflets that are engaged at a region of co-aption in a closed configuration, the method further comprising:

configuring the plurality of leaflets to separate out of engagement in the region of co-aption in response to an applied urological pressure thus allowing urine to flow out of the bladder and through the urological device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring valve to open in response to a pressure greater than 750 mm H₂O applied for at least 5 seconds.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring valve to remain in a closed configuration in response to a pressure of up to 900 mm H₂O applied for less than 0.5 seconds.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the three leaflets of the valve to separate one from the other in the region of co-option in response to a pressure greater than 750 mm H₂O applied for at least 5 seconds.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the three leaflets of the valve to remain in a closed configuration in response to a pressure of up to 900 mm H₂O applied for less than 0.5 seconds.

9. A method of treating urinary incontinence, the method comprising:

providing a urological device having a stem defining a lumen, a valve having three leaflets that are connected to a proximal portion of the stem and located in the lumen, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the valve;

locating the stem and the valve with the three leaflets and the head part of the urological device inside of a catheter;

advancing the catheter into a urethra of a user;

deploying the urological device by moving the stem and the valve with the three leaflets and the head part out of the catheter;

placing the head part and the valve with the three leaflets of the urological device in a bladder of the user, with the three leaflets of the valve touching each other in a region of co-aption, and placing the stem of the urological device in the urethra of the user and treating the urinary incontinence; and

configuring the three leaflets of the valve to separate one from an other in the region of co-aption in response to an applied urological pressure thus allowing urine to flow out of the bladder and through the urological device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

anchoring a tab connected to the stem to a meatus of the urethra and preventing migration of the stem into the bladder of the user.