Patents by Inventor Robert Jan Mrugas

Robert Jan Mrugas 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).

  • BULKING AGENT APPLICATOR FOR TREATING FEMALE URINARY INCONTINENCE
    Publication number: 20180021046
    Abstract: Applicator and method for injecting a bulking agent at one or more selected submucosal positions in a periurethral tissue of a female patients' urethra. The applicator comprises a lance, such as a cystoscope with a distal end provided with one or more optical sensors, and a needle guide with a bore receiving the lance. The needle guide comprises needle channels at different angular positions, each needle channel extending between a needle entrance surface and an opposite shoulder surface. The needle channels are oriented to direct a needle via external peripheral tissue of the urethral meatus to a submucosal position at a urethra section, e.g., within the optical scope of the optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Albert De Vries, Robert Jan Mrugas
  • Bulking agent applicator for treating female urinary incontinence
    Patent number: 9775622
    Abstract: Applicator for injecting a bulking agent at one or more selected submucosal positions in a periurethral tissue of a female patients' urethra. The applicator comprises a lance, such as a cystoscope with a distal end provided with one or more optical sensors, and a needle guide with a bore receiving the lance. The needle guide comprises needle channels at different angular positions, each needle channel extending between a needle entrance surface and an opposite shoulder surface. The needle channels are oriented to direct a needle via external peripheral tissue of the urethral meatus to a submucosal position at a urethra section, e.g., within the optical scope of the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: UROGYN B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Albert De Vries, Robert Jan Mrugas
  • BULKING AGENT APPLICATOR FOR TREATING FEMALE URINARY INCONTINENCE
    Publication number: 20150141742
    Abstract: Applicator for injecting a bulking agent at one or more selected submucosal positions in a periurethral tissue of a female patients' urethra. The applicator comprises a lance, such as a cystoscope with a distal end provided with one or more optical sensors, and a needle guide with a bore receiving the lance. The needle guide comprises needle channels at different angular positions, each needle channel extending between a needle entrance surface and an opposite shoulder surface. The needle channels are oriented to direct a needle via external peripheral tissue of the urethral meatus to a submucosal position at a urethra section, e.g., within the optical scope of the optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jan Albert De Vries, Robert Jan Mrugas