Patents by Inventor Eric S. Watschke

Eric S. Watschke 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).

  • Surgical kit for securing an implantable sling in a pubic region
    Patent number: 9549799
    Abstract: Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling (30) to pubic bone (24, 26) to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors (64) are driven into pubic bones with elongated bone anchor sutures (84) configured to be passed through openings of a urethral sling. Suture retainers are applied to the sutures to apply retentive force to the urethral sling to maintain the fixation of the urethral sling proximate to the pubic bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mona J. Inman, Kevin R. Arnal, Matthew J. Monarski, Robert L. Rykhus, Jr., Suranjan Roychowdhury, Jeffrey A. Lechner-Riehle, Eric S. Watschke
  • Methods and apparatus for securing a urethral sling to a pubic bone
    Patent number: 8864650
    Abstract: Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling to pubic bone in a sub-urethral location to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors, e.g., bone screws, are driven into pubic bones with exposed bone anchor heads and necks configured to receive and support a urethral sling applied to the bone anchors with and without retainers applied against the urethral sling to retain portions of the urethral sling between the bone anchor heads and the pubic bones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: AMS Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mona J. Inman, Kevin R. Arnal, Matthew J. Monarski, Robert L. Rykhus, Jr., Suranjan Roychowdhury, Jeffrey A. Lechner-Riehle, Eric S. Watschke
  • Method and Apparatus for Securing a Urethral Sling to Pubic Bone
    Publication number: 20130296641
    Abstract: Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling (30) to pubic bone (24, 26) to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors (64) are driven into pubic bones with elongated bone anchor sutures (84) configured to be passed through openings of a urethral sling. Suture retainers are applied to the sutures to apply retentive force to the urethral sling to maintain the fixation of the urethral sling proximate to the pubic bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Mona J. Inman, Kevin R. Arnal, Matthew J. Monarski, Robert L. Rykhus, Suranjan Roychowdhury, Jeffrey A. Lechner-Riehle, Eric S. Watschke
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING A URETHRAL SLING TO A PUBIC BONE
    Publication number: 20100168505
    Abstract: Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling to pubic bone in a sub-urethral location to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors, e.g., bone screws, are driven into pubic bones with exposed bone anchor heads and necks configured to receive and support a urethral sling applied to the bone anchors with and without retainers applied against the urethral sling to retain portions of the urethral sling between the bone anchor heads and the pubic bones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mona J. Inman, Kevin R. Arnal, Matthew J. Monarski, Robert L. Rykhus, JR., Suranjan Roychowdhury, Jeffrey A. Lechner-Riehle, Eric S. Watschke
  • Method and Apparatus for Securing a Urethral Sling to Pubic Bone
    Publication number: 20100094079
    Abstract: Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling to pubic bone to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors are driven into pubic bones with elongated bone anchor sutures configured to be passed through openings of a urethral sling. Suture retainers are applied to the sutures to apply retentive force to the urethral sling to maintain the fixation of the urethral sling proximate to the pubic bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mona J. Inman, Kevin R. Arnal, Matthew J. Monarski, Robert L. Rykhus, JR., Suranjan Roychowdhury, Jeffrey A. Lechner-Riehle, Eric S. Watschke