Patents by Inventor Robert M. Spitz

Robert M. Spitz 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).

  • Correction of stress urinary incontinence
    Patent number: 8323176
    Abstract: Devices for treating stress incontinence, having a horizontal proximal portion supported on the pubococcygeus muscle and a distal portion extending downward and away from the proximal portion at an angle approximating the vagina in an erect female as it passes down and between the anterior segments of the pubococcygeus. The distal portion may terminate with a protrusion that is positioned to provide midurethral support, thereby preserving the urethrovesical angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Contine Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Spitz, J. Anthony von Fraunhofer
  • CORRECTION OF STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE
    Publication number: 20120071709
    Abstract: Devices for treating stress incontinence, having a horizontal proximal portion supported on the pubococcygeus muscle and a distal portion extending downward and away from the proximal portion at an angle approximating the vagina in an erect female as it passes down and between the anterior segments of the pubococcygeus. The distal portion may terminate with a protrusion that is positioned to provide midurethral support, thereby preserving the urethovesical angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: CONTINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert M. Spitz, J. Anthony von Fraunhofer
  • Correction of stress urinary incontinence
    Patent number: 7981021
    Abstract: Devices for treating stress incontinence, having a horizontal proximal portion supported on the pubococcygeus muscle and a distal portion extending downward and away from the proximal portion at an angle approximating the vagina in an erect female as it passes down and between the anterior segments of the pubococcygeus. The distal portion may terminate with a protrusion that is positioned to provide midurethral support, thereby preserving the urethovesical angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Contine Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Spitz, J. Anthony von Fraunhofer
  • Device for correcting stress urinary incontinence
    Patent number: 5256133
    Abstract: Female stress urinary incontinence is corrected by implanting a correcting device which supports the urethrovesical junction from the abdominal fascia. A trocar/cannula assembly is inserted upwardly through the vaginal wall immediately adjacent or proximate the urethrovesical junction, through the space of Retzius, and through the abdominal fascia. The trocar is then removed from the cannula after which the correcting device is loaded into the cannula and pushed upwardly through it and to an implanted position using a push rod. Thereafter the push rod and cannula are removed to complete the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Inventor: Robert M. Spitz