Patents by Inventor Christopher Deegan

Christopher Deegan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9993322
    Abstract: A method of treating urinary incontinence includes removing a urinary control system from a package, where the urinary control system has three components including a cuff attachable to a pump and a reservoir attachable to the pump. The method includes forming one skin incision in a patient, and implanting the three components of the urinary control system into the patient through the one skin incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Kubalak, Christopher Deegan, Daniella Fay Terry
  • Patent number: 9549801
    Abstract: A method of treating urinary incontinence includes implanting the urethral support into a patient, where the urethral support has a first anchor attached to a first end of a non-porous sling and a second anchor attached to the non-porous sling. The method includes moving an adjustment device through a channel formed in one of the anchors from a first position that locates the adjustment device between the anchor and the non-porous sling to a second position that locates the anchor between the adjustment device and the non-porous sling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Publication number: 20160346071
    Abstract: A method of treating urinary incontinence includes removing a urinary control system from a package, where the urinary control system has three components including a cuff attachable to a pump and a reservoir attachable to the pump. The method includes forming one skin incision in a patient, and implanting the three components of the urinary control system into the patient through the one skin incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Kubalak, Christopher Deegan, Daniella Fay Terry
  • Publication number: 20150359618
    Abstract: A method of treating urinary incontinence includes implanting the urethral support into a patient, where the urethral support has a first anchor attached to a first end of a non-porous sling and a second anchor attached to the non-porous sling. The method includes moving an adjustment device through a channel formed in one of the anchors from a first position that locates the adjustment device between the anchor and the non-porous sling to a second position that locates the anchor between the adjustment device and the non-porous sling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Patent number: 9149353
    Abstract: A method of treating incontinence includes implanting the incontinence treatment device having a sling connected between first and second anchors into a patient, and moving an adjustment device through a channel from a first position to a second position that locates the second anchor between the adjustment device and the sling, thus tightening the sling by shortening an effective distance of the device between the first and second anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Patent number: 9095407
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device includes a band attached to a pendant. The band is implantable around a portion of a urethra and has a first magnet connected to a first end portion of the band and a second magnet connected to a second end portion of the band. The pendant is connected to and extends from the band. The pendant has a shape that configures the pendant to be implantable into a scrotum and a thickness that configures the pendant to be implantable into a labia. The pendant encloses a switch and a power source that are electrically coupled to the first magnet and the second magnet. The switch has an on position to constrict the band around the urethra and an off position in which substantially zero current is provided to decouple the first magnet from the second magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel, Tyler Winsky
  • Publication number: 20150080646
    Abstract: A method of treating incontinence includes implanting the incontinence treatment device having a sling connected between first and second anchors into a patient, and moving an adjustment device through a channel from a first position to a second position that locates the second anchor between the adjustment device and the sling, thus tightening the sling by shortening an effective distance of the device between the first and second anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Patent number: 8926497
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device includes a non-porous sling located between two anchors. A first line is attached between a first end of the sling and the first anchor, and a second line is attached to a second end of the sling and inserted through a channel of the second anchor. The second anchor is provided with a restrictor segment provided in the channel. The second line has an adjustment device attached to the second line and the restrictor segment is configured to resist movement of the adjustment device through the channel. The adjustment device is movable through the channel from a first position that locates the adjustment device between the second anchor and the sling to a second position that locates the second anchor between the adjustment device and the sling to thereby reduce an effective length of the sling between the first and second anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Patent number: 8864647
    Abstract: An implant includes a support body defining a longitudinal axis, two transverse arms, two pubic arms, and a pubic arm attachment mechanism. The two transverse arms are aligned on a common transverse axis of the implant. The two pubic arms include a first pubic arm spaced a distance apart from a second pubic arm and both the first and second pubic arms are parallel to the longitudinal axis. The pubic arm attachment mechanism is attached to an end of each of the first and second pubic arms. Each of the first and second pubic arms has an arm length that is less than a body length of the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Mitiku Buie, Christopher Deegan, Nicholas Ellering, Pornpimon Ongmorakot
  • Patent number: 8758218
    Abstract: A method of treating urinary incontinence includes making an incision and exposing tissue of a urethra. The method additionally includes inserting a non-porous sheet into the incision and forming a cuff around the urethra with the non-porous sheet by directing a first end of the non-porous sheet through a slot formed in a second end of the non-porous sheet. The method additionally includes directing an extending member that is attached to the non-porous sheet to a location exterior of a pelvis. The method further includes configuring the cuff to tighten around the urethra when pulling on the first end of the non-porous sheet, and configuring the cuff to be loosely positioned around the urethra when pulling on the extending member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Publication number: 20140128665
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device includes a non-porous sling located between two anchors. A first line is attached between a first end of the sling and the first anchor, and a second line is attached to a second end of the sling and inserted through a channel of the second anchor. The second anchor is provided with a restrictor segment provided in the channel. The second line has an adjustment device attached to the second line and the restrictor segment is configured to resist movement of the adjustment device through the channel. The adjustment device is movable through the channel from a first position that locates the adjustment device between the second anchor and the sling to a second position that locates the second anchor between the adjustment device and the sling to thereby reduce an effective length of the sling between the first and second anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Patent number: 8708886
    Abstract: A method of supporting pelvic organs in a patient includes forming a tissue incision providing access to the pelvic organs in the patient; inserting a knit material into the tissue incision; and supporting at least one of the pelvic organs in the patient with the knit material. The knit material has a filament knitted into a chain of loops that are coupled together by having each loop suspended by a neighboring loop, and at least one loop in the chain of loops having the filament tied around the one loop to form a closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Christopher Deegan
  • Patent number: 8708888
    Abstract: A body implantable fabric includes an organ support device separated from a knit material and has a filament forming a chain of loops that extend along a length of the knit material. The chain of loops are coupled together by having each loop suspended by a neighboring loop, and at least one loop in the chain of loops having the filament tied around that one loop to form a closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Christopher Deegan
  • Patent number: 8696544
    Abstract: A method of addressing pelvic dysfunction in a patient includes forming an incision; placing an anchor that is attached to a support member by an interconnecting member onto a distal tip of a tool; inserting the distal tip of the tool and the anchor into the incision and guiding the anchor to an obturator foramen; pushing the anchor through a membrane extending over the obturator foramen; and adjusting the support member by sliding the interconnecting member relative to the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Mark A. Moschel
  • Publication number: 20140100418
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device includes a band attached to a pendant. The band is implantable around a portion of a urethra and has a first magnet connected to a first end portion of the band and a second magnet connected to a second end portion of the band. The pendant is connected to and extends from the band. The pendant has a shape that configures the pendant to be implantable into a scrotum and a thickness that configures the pendant to be implantable into a labia. The pendant encloses a switch and a power source that are electrically coupled to the first magnet and the second magnet. The switch has an on position to constrict the band around the urethra and an off position in which substantially zero current is provided to decouple the first magnet from the second magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel, Tyler Winsky
  • Patent number: 8678996
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device includes a non-porous sub-urethral sling provided with an adjustment device. The device includes first and second anchors coupled to the sling. The second anchor includes a channel formed through the second anchor and a restrictor segment provided in the channel. The adjustment device is movable through the channel formed through the second anchor. The resistor segment is configured to resist movement of the adjustment device through the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel
  • Publication number: 20140025084
    Abstract: A vaginal manipulator includes a head with a door and a head extender attachable to the head. A shaft is connected between a handle of the manipulator and the head. The head includes a proximal end that is connected to the shaft and a distal end opposite the proximal end, an anterior side opposite a posterior side, and a recess formed in the posterior side of the head. The shaft is curved to locate the anterior side of the head closer to the handle than the posterior side of the head is to the handle. The door is disposed in the recess and has a pivot portion connected to the head and a free portion opposite the pivot portion that is movable into and out of the recess. The head extender is removably attached to the distal end of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: COLOPLAST A/S
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brian Taylor, Sarah J. Deitch, Allen Gaynor, Michael M. Witzmann, Christopher Deegan
  • Patent number: 8632451
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device includes a band, magnets, and a power source. The band has a length extending between a first end and a second end. A first magnet is connected to a first end portion of the band and a second magnet is connected to a second end portion of the band. The band is implantable around a urethra and configured to constrict a lumen of the urethra when the first magnet is coupled to the second magnet. The power source is electrically coupled to the first and second magnets and configured to electromagnetically couple and decouple the first magnet relative to the second magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel, Tyler Winsky
  • Patent number: 8632450
    Abstract: A method of treating urinary incontinence in a patient includes implanting in the patient a device having a band, two magnets, and a power source; placing the band around a urethra; and implanting the power source outside of a pelvis. The power source is operable to electromagnetically couple the two magnets thus constricting a lumen of the urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel, Tyler Winsky
  • Publication number: 20130296638
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device includes a non-porous sub-urethral sling provided with an adjustment device. The device includes first and second anchors coupled to the sling. The second anchor includes a channel formed through the second anchor and a restrictor segment provided in the channel. The adjustment device is movable through the channel formed through the second anchor. The resistor segment is configured to resist movement of the adjustment device through the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: COLOPLAST A/S
    Inventors: Christopher Deegan, Steven McClurg, Mark A. Moschel