Abstract: A prosthetic insertion apparatus and related methods of use in delivering filled prosthetic bladders through a skin incision and into a surgical cavity or pocket. The prosthetic insertion apparatus imparts control and retention properties to a surgical professional such the prosthetic bladder can be oriented and manipulated into the surgical cavity without risk of inadvertent dropping of the prosthetic bladder and without imparting damaging stress or torque to the bladder. Suitable materials can be utilized that are selected as having advantageous properties including lubricity, rigidity, easily sterilizable, and high strength.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
DR. JOE GRYSKIEWICZ, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Joseph M. Gryskiewicz, James A. Peterson
Abstract: A prosthetic insertion apparatus and related methods of use in delivering filled prosthetic bladders through a skin incision and into a surgical cavity or pocket. The prosthetic insertion apparatus imparts control and retention properties to a surgical professional such the prosthetic bladder can be oriented and manipulated into the surgical cavity without risk of inadvertent dropping of the prosthetic bladder and without imparting damaging stress or torque to the bladder. Suitable materials can be utilized that are selected as having advantageous properties including lubricity, rigidity, easily sterilizable, and high strength.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 10, 2021
Assignee:
Dr. Joe Gryskiewicz, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Joseph M. Gryskiewicz, James A. Peterson
Abstract: A prosthetic insertion apparatus and related methods of use in delivering filled prosthetic bladders through a skin incision and into a surgical cavity or pocket. The prosthetic insertion apparatus imparts control and retention properties to a surgical professional such the prosthetic bladder can be oriented and manipulated into the surgical cavity without risk of inadvertent dropping of the prosthetic bladder and without imparting damaging stress or torque to the bladder. Suitable materials can be utilized that are selected as having advantageous properties including lubricity, rigidity, easily sterilizable, and high strength.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 25, 2019
Publication date:
July 8, 2021
Applicant:
Dr. Joe Gryskiewicz, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Joseph M. Gryskiewicz, James A. Peterson