Patents by Inventor Geoffrey A. Daniel

Geoffrey A. Daniel 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).

  • Publication number: 20160199618
    Abstract: A method of dissecting tissue includes inserting a magnetized catheter into a urethra; magnetically pushing a tool away from the urethra with the magnetized catheter; and dissecting tissue posterior of the urethra with the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Daniel, Fernando El-Hage, Neal Poucher
  • Publication number: 20160158014
    Abstract: A base for a penile prosthetic implant is disclosed. The base includes a fluid distribution manifold attached to and in fluid communication with an inflatable cylinder sized for implantation into a corpora cavernosum of a penis. The fluid distribution manifold is also connected to a core sized for implantation into a crus of the penis and in fluid communication with an inflatable bladder. The inflatable bladder provides an outer surface of the base between a proximal end of the core and a proximal end of the fluid distribution manifold. A penile prosthetic system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Patent number: 9345575
    Abstract: Disclosed is a penile prosthetic including a cylinder and a resorbable suture-engaging component attached to an exterior surface of the cylinder. The suture-engaging component is attachable to a suture to allow a surgeon to pull the cylinder in a distal direction into the penis. During the healing time after the surgery, the resorbable suture-engaging component is resorbed into the tissue of the penis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Daniel, Yelena Tropsha
  • Patent number: 9333079
    Abstract: A tool for inserting a cylinder of a penile prosthesis into a patient includes a handle extending between first and second guides. The first guide is located at a first end portion of the tool and includes a first cylinder cradle on a first side of the tool and a first tubing cradle on a second side of the tool that is opposite of the first side of the tool. The second guide located at a second end portion of the tool and includes a second cylinder cradle on one of the first side or the second side of the tool and a second tubing cradle on the other side of the tool. The lateral width of the first tubing cradle and the second tubing cradle is the same and a lateral width of the first cylinder cradle is smaller than a lateral width of the second cylinder cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Patent number: 9320539
    Abstract: A surgical system adapted for dissection of tissue away from a body lumen includes a tissue dissection tool and a catheter. The tissue dissection tool includes a shaft connected between a handle and a tissue dissection head. At least the tissue dissection head of the tissue dissection tool is magnetized to a first polarity. The catheter is insertable into a urethra, with a wall of the catheter magnetized to the first polarity. When the catheter is inserted into the urethra, the first polarity of the catheter is configured to repel the first polarity of the tissue dissection head of the tool away from the catheter and away from in the urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Daniel, Fernando El-Hage, Neal Poucher
  • Publication number: 20160089210
    Abstract: A method for implanting a penile prosthetic insert in a corpora cavernosum of a penis and engaging a first magnetic unit with an inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder. The method includes locating a second magnetic unit outside the penis and attracting the first magnetic unit through tissue of the penis with the second magnetic unit to effect moving of the first magnetic unit and the inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder inside the corpora cavernosum. Also disclosed is a kit of parts for implanting a penile prosthetic insert in a corpora cavernosum of a penis including a first magnetic unit and a second magnetic unit for delivering an inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder into the corpora cavernosum of the penis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20160089240
    Abstract: A tool for implanting an inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder includes a pincher and a plunger coupled to a handle of the tool and movable relative to the pincher. The pincher has a spine portion that is movably coupled to a distal end portion of the handle and a first jaw movably coupled to a second jaw along the spine portion of the pincher. The first jaw has a first plunger edge that is spaced a gap distance away from a second plunger edge of the second jaw. The plunger is tapered having a first width at a distal end that is not greater than the gap distance and a second width that is larger than the first width. The second width measured proximal of the distal end of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20160067045
    Abstract: A tool for implanting an inflatable penile prosthetic cylinder includes a pincher connected to a handle, a suction feature provided on the pincher, and an evacuation feature provided on the handle. The handle is operable to open the pincher a distance to receive the inflatable penile cylinder and operable to close the pincher against opposed sides of the inflatable penile cylinder. The suction feature is operable to couple the inflatable penile cylinder to the pincher. The evacuation feature is operable to provide suction to the suction feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20160008162
    Abstract: A lockout valve assembly of an implantable penile prosthetic includes a body and a lockout valve. The body is attachable between a reservoir and a pump of the implantable penile prosthetic. The lockout valve includes a core rotatably disposed inside the body, an inflation channel formed through a portion of the core, a deflation pathway separate from the inflation channel and formed through a diameter of the core, and a one-way check valve disposed in the deflation pathway of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20150359655
    Abstract: A pump includes a pump bulb connected to a pump body. An exhaust valve assembly is disposed in the pump body within an exit flow path communicating between the pump bulb and the cylinder. An inlet valve is rotatably disposed in the pump body within an inlet flow path communicating between the reservoir and the pump bulb. The inlet valve includes a spherical part retained in a seat formed by the pump body, an inlet flange connected to and extending radially away from the spherical part, and a lockout flange connected to and extending radially away from the spherical part. A channel is formed through a portion of the spherical part of the inlet valve. The channel includes an outlet hole that is blocked from the inlet flow path by the seat formed in the pump body and opened to the inlet flow path by rotation of the inlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20150335412
    Abstract: A surgical tool adapted for placement of a cuff of an artificial urinary sphincter around a portion of a urethra includes a head attached to a handle. The head has a recess formed in a first end surface of the head and two pads. The recess is sized to receive an inferior portion of the urethra. A first pad is located on a first side of the recess, and a second pad is located on a second side of the recess and spaced a gap distance away from the first pad. A piercing mechanism is located in and movable out of one of the first pad or the second pad. The piercing mechanism is movable across the gap distance between the first pad and the second pad to form a channel in tissue superior to the urethra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Daniel, Neal Poucher
  • Publication number: 20150297348
    Abstract: A tool for inserting a cylinder of a penile prosthesis into a patient includes a handle extending between first and second guides. The first guide is located at a first end portion of the tool and includes a first cylinder cradle on a first side of the tool and a first tubing cradle on a second side of the tool that is opposite of the first side of the tool. The second guide located at a second end portion of the tool and includes a second cylinder cradle on one of the first side or the second side of the tool and a second tubing cradle on the other side of the tool. The lateral width of the first tubing cradle and the second tubing cradle is the same and a lateral width of the first cylinder cradle is smaller than a lateral width of the second cylinder cradle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20150094695
    Abstract: A surgical system adapted for dissection of tissue away from a body lumen includes a tissue dissection tool and a catheter. The tissue dissection tool includes a shaft connected between a handle and a tissue dissection head. At least the tissue dissection head of the tissue dissection tool is magnetized to a first polarity. The catheter is insertable into a urethra, with a wall of the catheter magnetized to the first polarity. When the catheter is inserted into the urethra, the first polarity of the catheter is configured to repel the first polarity of the tissue dissection head of the tool away from the catheter and away from in the urethra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Daniel, Fernando El-Hage, Neal Poucher
  • Patent number: 8845515
    Abstract: A penile prosthetic system includes a reservoir that is configured to be attached to a penile implant. The penile implant includes a first bladder and a second bladder, with the first bladed configured to be attached into fluid communication with the reservoir and the second bladder containing a dilatant liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Patent number: 8728100
    Abstract: A suturing assembly includes shaft attached between a handle and a head. The handle includes a brace and an actuator attached to the handle, where the actuator has a neutral position that is distal the brace. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis of the assembly. The head includes a proximal portion housing a needle that is movable through a needle exit port, and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat. The distal end is radially offset from the longitudinal axis and defines a cavity. Movement of the actuator from the neutral position to the brace moves the needle both in a first direction out of the needle exit port into the cavity and in a second direction out of the cavity and into the needle exit port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Daniel, Allen Gaynor
  • Publication number: 20140107411
    Abstract: A penile prosthetic system includes a reservoir that is configured to be attached to a penile implant. The penile implant includes a first bladder and a second bladder, with the first bladed configured to be attached into fluid communication with the reservoir and the second bladder containing a dilatant liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Patent number: 8636646
    Abstract: A penile prosthetic assembly includes a penile implant containing a dilatant liquid and a reservoir connectable with the penile implant. Fluid transferred from the reservoir into the penile implant imposes a shear on the dilatant liquid to increase viscosity in the dilatant liquid and harden the penile implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Patent number: 8636645
    Abstract: A method of treating erectile dysfunction includes providing a pump having a proximal tip communicating with a fluid reservoir, a bladder connected at a proximal end to the proximal tip and extending to a closed distal end, and a tube disposed in the bladder, the tube having a proximal end in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and a distal end that opens into the bladder. The method additionally includes implanting the pump into a corpora cavernosum of a penis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Patent number: 8585582
    Abstract: A penile prosthetic includes a proximal tip in communication with a reservoir, a cylinder bladder connected at a proximal end to the proximal tip and extending to a distal end, and peristaltic tubing disposed inside the cylinder bladder. The peristaltic tubing has a proximal end that communicates with the reservoir and a distal end that is open to the cylinder bladder. Peristaltic compression applied from the proximal end to the distal end of the peristaltic tubing pumps fluid from the reservoir into the cylinder bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel
  • Patent number: 8562622
    Abstract: A suturing assembly includes a handle and a head located distal to the handle. The handle includes an actuator coupled to a distal half of the handle. The head defines a head perimeter and includes a needle port and a capsule cavity located within the head perimeter. The needle port stores a needle that is connected with the actuator by a rod and the capsule cavity is sized to retain a suture capsule attached to a length of suture. A release mechanism is attached to the rod and located on the distal half of the handle. The needle is movable within the head perimeter to engage with the suture capsule and place the suture capsule into the needle port, and the release mechanism is operable to move the rod a distance in a proximal direction to separate the suture capsule from the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Daniel