Patents by Inventor Mitiku Buie

Mitiku Buie 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).

  • Incontinence treatment device with pubic arm attachment mechanism
    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
  • INCONTINENCE TREATMENT DEVICE WITH PUBIC ARM ATTACHMENT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20130046133
    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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: COLOPLAST A/S
    Inventors: Mitiku Buie, Christopher Deegan, Nicholas Ellering, Pornpimon Ongmorakot
  • INCONTINENCE TREATMENT DEVICE WITH PUBIC ARM ATTACHMENT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20130046132
    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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: COLOPLAST A/S
    Inventors: Mitiku Buie, Christopher Deegan, Nicholas Ellering, Pornpimon Ongmorakot