Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Arnal

Kevin R. Arnal 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: 11284983
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and adapted to engage and pull (e.g., pull up) or reposition paraurethral support tissue, such as the perineal membrane. The perineal membrane intersects the urethra and vagina at the midurethra or distal location and can thus be stabilized or controlled in a manner that helps restore continence. As such, the implants can be utilized to eliminate the need for mesh or other supportive structures under the urethra that is common with other incontinence slings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Lund, John J. Allen, James R. Mujwid, Kevin R. Arnal, Jessica E. Felton
  • Patent number: 10842602
    Abstract: Described are implants and dilators useful in a sacral colpopexy procedure, and related methods. The present invention relates to systems, tools, and methods for treating pelvic organ prolapse by use of a pelvic implant to support pelvic tissue. The pelvic treatments include, for example, treatment of vaginal prolapse by laparoscopic or abdominal procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Alexander, Benjamin Y. Arcand, Kevin R. Arnal, Dean W. Hacker, Karl Alan Jagger, Chaouki A. Khamis, Jelica D. Wold
  • Patent number: 10631967
    Abstract: 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. The urethral sling is preferably formed of a flexible sheet material extending between opposed first and second sling ends and bounded by opposed first and second sling sides. The urethral sling is selectively tensioned in a central portion intermediate the first and second sling ends and/or in one or both of end portions bracketing the central portion. In one embodiment, pre-positioned plicating lines in the central portion are selectively drawn and tied to slacken the central portion and tension the end portions. In further embodiments, bone anchor lines passed through locations displaced from the sling ends are drawn and fixed to tension the central portion between the displaced locations and slacken the end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Arnal, W. Kyle Knauf
  • Publication number: 20190254801
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and adapted to engage and pull (e.g., pull up) or reposition paraurethral support tissue, such as the perineal membrane. The perineal membrane intersects the urethra and vagina at the midurethra or distal location and can thus be stabilized or controlled in a manner that helps restore continence. As such, the implants can be utilized to eliminate the need for mesh or other supportive structures under the urethra that is common with other incontinence slings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Robert E. Lund, John J. Allen, James R. Mujwid, Kevin R. Arnal, Jessica E. Felton
  • Patent number: 10314681
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and adapted to engage and pull (e.g., pull up) or reposition paraurethral support tissue, such as the perineal membrane. The perineal membrane intersects the urethra and vagina at the midurethra or distal location and can thus be stabilized or controlled in a manner that helps restore continence. As such, the implants can be utilized to eliminate the need for mesh or other supportive structures under the urethra that is common with other incontinence slings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Lund, John J Allen, James R Mujwid, Kevin R Arnal, Jessica E Felton
  • Publication number: 20180271634
    Abstract: Described are implants and dilators useful in a sacral colpopexy procedure, and related methods. The present invention relates to systems, tools, and methods for treating pelvic organ prolapse by use of a pelvic implant to support pelvic tissue. The pelvic treatments include, for example, treatment of vaginal prolapse by laparoscopic or abdominal procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: James A. Alexander, Benjamin Y. Arcand, Kevin R. Arnal, Dean W. Hacker, Karl Alan Jagger, Chaouki A. Khamis, Jelica D. Wold
  • Patent number: 10045842
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue, devices and tools for transvaginally accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, devices (including certain types of implants, anchors, and tools) for connecting (e.g., adjustably) a vaginal apex to a region of sacral anatomy to provide support to the vaginal apex, and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Alexander, Kevin R. Arnal, Jeffrey J. Childs, Chaouki A. Khamis
  • Patent number: 9993323
    Abstract: Described are implants and dilators useful in a sacral colpopexy procedure, and related methods. The present invention relates to systems, tools, and methods for treating pelvic organ prolapse by use of a pelvic implant to support pelvic tissue. The pelvic treatments include, for example, treatment of vaginal prolapse by laparoscopic or abdominal procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Alexander, Benjamin Y. Arcand, Kevin R. Arnal, Dean W. Hacker, Karl A. Jagger, Chaouki A. Khamis, Jelica D. Wold
  • Patent number: 9827083
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and adapted to engage and pull (e.g., pull up) or reposition urethral support tissue, such as the portion of the perineal membrane above or below the urethra. The perineal membrane intersects the urethra and vagina at the midurethra or distal location and can thus be stabilized or controlled in a manner that helps restore continence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Allen, James R. Mujwid, Kevin R. Arnal, Jessica E. Felton, David J. Sogard
  • Patent number: 9615905
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of implanting a urethral prosthesis. The method includes making an incision, positioning arms of the prosthesis in the pelvic region of the patient, and positioning a stem of the prosthesis in the scrotum of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven W. Siegel, Kevin R. Arnal, Robert E. Lund, Kimberly A. Anderson, Brian P. Watschke
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160324615
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and adapted to engage and pull (e.g., pull up) or reposition paraurethral support tissue, such as the perineal membrane. The perineal membrane intersects the urethra and vagina at the midurethra or distal location and can thus be stabilized or controlled in a manner that helps restore continence. As such, the implants can be utilized to eliminate the need for mesh or other supportive structures under the urethra that is common with other incontinence slings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Robert E. Lund, John J. Allen, James R. Mujwid, Kevin R. Arnal, Jessica E. Felton
  • Patent number: 9414903
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided and adapted to engage and pull (e.g., pull up) or reposition paraurethral support tissue, such as the perineal membrane. The perineal membrane intersects the urethra and vagina at the midurethra or distal location and can thus be stabilized or controlled in a manner that helps restore continence. As such, the implants can be utilized to eliminate the need for mesh or other supportive structures under the urethra that is common with other incontinence slings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Astora Women's Health, LLC
    Inventors: John J. Allen, James R. Mujwid, Kevin R. Arnal, Jessica E. Felton, Robert E. Lund
  • Publication number: 20160095586
    Abstract: An implant and anchoring system is provided. The implant can include a perineal anchor, and an obturator anchor or retropubic anchor. One or more sutures or suture loops can extend between and operatively connect the anchors. In certain embodiments, the anchors are introduced and deployed via a percutaneous transobturator procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: John J. ALLEN, Kevin R. ARNAL
  • Patent number: 9179993
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urethral prosthesis including a first and a second arm that join to form a junction, and a stem that is also joined to the junction. The junction is adapted to exert sufficient pressure on a portion of a patient's urethra to prevent unintentional voiding of the patient's bladder. However, upon exerting a tension force on the stem, the pressure exerted by the junction is reduced such that the patient's bladder may be intentionally voided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: AMS Research Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Siegel, Kevin R. Arnal, Robert E. Lund, Kimberly A. Anderson, Brian P. Watschke
  • Publication number: 20150297391
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an occluding device to a body lumen comprises an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a delivery means for delivering the occluding device to a desired location within the body lumen, and a flexible atraumatic tip on the distal end of the elongated shaft. The distal end of the elongated shaft is insertable into the body lumen. The atraumatic tip is configured to guide the elongated shaft through the body lumen while avoiding perforation of the body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: W. Stephen Tremulis, Kevin R. Arnal, Jeffrey P. Callister, James R. Mujwid, John Fritz Otte, Lori Garlie
  • Publication number: 20150265387
    Abstract: Described are implants and dilators useful in a sacral colpopexy procedure, and related methods. The present invention relates to systems, tools, and methods for treating pelvic organ prolapse by use of a pelvic implant to support pelvic tissue. The pelvic treatments include, for example, treatment of vaginal prolapse by laparoscopic or abdominal procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: James A. Alexander, Benjamin Y. Arcand, Kevin R. Arnal, Dean W. Hacker, Karl A. Jagger, Chaouki A. Khamis, Jelica D. Wold
  • Patent number: 8968178
    Abstract: Described are surgical articles, implants, and components suitable for surgical implant procedures including transobturator surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: AMS Research Corporation
    Inventors: Kimberly A. Anderson, Kevin R. Arnal
  • Patent number: 8961532
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an occluding device to a body lumen comprises an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a delivery means for delivering the occluding device to a desired location within the body lumen, and a flexible atraumatic tip on the distal end of the elongated shaft. The distal end of the elongated shaft is insertable into the body lumen. The atraumatic tip is configured to guide the elongated shaft through the body lumen while avoiding perforation of the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Essure Inc.
    Inventors: W. Stephen Tremulis, Kevin R. Arnal, Jeffrey P. Callister, James R. Mujwid, John Fritz Otte, Lori Garlie
  • Publication number: 20150018603
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urethral prosthesis including a first and a second arm that join to form a junction, and a stem that is also joined to the junction. The junction is adapted to exert sufficient pressure on a portion of a patient's urethra to prevent unintentional voiding of the patient's bladder. However, upon exerting a tension force on the stem, the pressure exerted by the junction is reduced such that the patient's bladder may be intentionally voided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Steven W. Siegel, Kevin R. Arnal, Robert E. Lund, Kimberly A. Anderson, Brian P. Watschke