Single Incision Urinary Control System Implantation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current surgical procedures for implanting urinary control systems to treat urinary incontinence require multiple incisions, increasing surgical time and costs, and prolonging patient recovery.
Innovation Solution
A minimally invasive method that implants all components of the urinary control system, including a cuff around the urethra, a pressure regulating balloon in the retropubic space, and a pump in the scrotum, through a single skin incision, reducing the need for multiple incisions and facilitating faster healing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple incisions are made to implant urinary control system components, then complete implantation is achieved, but surgical time increases and patient recovery is prolonged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple implantation steps into a single surgical approach by making one midline perineal incision to access all necessary anatomical structures (bulbous urethra, pelvic floor muscle, retropubic space, scrotum). This merging of access points eliminates the need for separate incisions at different body locations, thereby reducing surgical time while achieving complete implantation of the urinary control system components.
Solution Approach 2:
The single midline perineal incision serves multiple functions: it provides access to the bulbous urethra for cuff placement, allows passage through the pelvic floor muscle, enables access to the retropubic space for reservoir placement, and facilitates pump implantation in the scrotum. This multi-functional access point replaces what would traditionally require multiple specialized incisions, reducing overall surgical time.
2Reliability
If multiple incisions are made to implant urinary control system components, then complete implantation is achieved, but patient recovery is prolonged
Solution Approach 1:
By merging all component implantations into a single incision site, the patent minimizes the total number of wounds that require healing. This single incision approach reduces cumulative tissue trauma and eliminates the need for multiple separate healing processes, thereby accelerating patient recovery while still achieving complete and reliable implantation of all system components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes a minimally invasive single incision approach that creates a small access point through which all components are passed. This minimizes the size of the surgical wound, reducing tissue damage and facilitating faster healing and patient recovery compared to traditional multiple larger incisions.
3Reliability
If multiple incisions are made to implant urinary control system components, then complete implantation is achieved, but surgical costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple surgical procedures into a single operation performed through one incision. This reduces the total surgical time required, decreases the need for multiple surgical teams and equipment setups, and minimizes operating room resource utilization. Consequently, surgical costs are reduced while maintaining complete implantation of the urinary control system.
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AI summary
A method of treating urinary incontinence includes removing a urinary control system from a package, where the urinary control system has three components including a cuff attachable to a pump and a reservoir attachable to the pump. The method includes forming one skin incision in a patient, and implanting the three components of the urinary control system into the patient through the one skin incision.