IP Library Granted Patent US 10,722,366
Granted Patent B2
US 10,722,366 · App. 16/517,667 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

Method of surgically providing a person with a neopenis

Inventor: Rachael Anne Bergstrom Crabb (Saint Paul, MN)
Assignee: Coloplast A/S
A61F2/26A61F2250/0003
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Patent No.
US 10,722,366
App. No.
16/517,667
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of surgically providing a person with a neopenis is described and includes forming a neophallus from an inverted vagina of the person.

Claims (38)

1. A method of surgically providing a person with a neopenis, the method comprising:

dissecting tissue inside of a pelvis and disconnecting a vagina of the person from organs and connective tissue inside of the pelvis;

inverting interior walls of the vagina to a location exterior of the pelvis thus providing an inverted vagina; and

forming a neophallus from the inverted vagina, with the neophallus having an exterior surface formed by the interior walls of the vagina.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adapting the neophallus for penetrative intercourse by inserting a penile prosthetic into the neophallus.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adapting the neophallus for penetrative intercourse by attaching an artificial crus penis recess to the pelvis;

inserting a proximal portion of a penile prosthetic into the artificial crus penis recess; and

inserting a distal portion of the penile prosthetic into the neophallus.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a neoscrotum from other tissue of the person.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a neoscrotum from other tissue of the person;

adapting the neophallus for penetrative intercourse by inserting an inflatable penile prosthetic into the neophallus;

implanting a pump into the neoscrotum;

implanting a reservoir into an abdomen of the person; and

operatively coupling the inflatable penile prosthetic and the reservoir to the pump.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a channel in the neophallus that is sized to receive at least one of a portion of a urethra of the person and a portion of a neourethra.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

surgically relocating a clitoris of the person to a distal end location of the neophallus.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a glans penis from other tissue of the person and locating the glans penis at a distal end location of the neophallus.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adapting the neophallus for penetrative intercourse by inserting a penile prosthetic into the neophallus;

securing the penile prosthetic to the pelvis of the person; and

supporting the penile prosthetic relative to the pelvis to resist the axial forces associated with the penetrative intercourse.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adapting the neophallus for penetrative intercourse by inserting a penile prosthetic into the neophallus;

securing the penile prosthetic to the pelvis of the person; and

positioning the neophallus and the penile prosthetic to appropriately replicate a position of a penis in a natal male.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adapting the neophallus for penetrative intercourse by inserting a malleable and non-inflatable penile prosthetic into the neophallus; and

attaching a proximal portion of the malleable and non-inflatable penile prosthetic to a descending ramus of the pelvis.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

removing tissue from a cervix of the person; and

forming a glans penis from the tissue from the cervix of the person and locating the glans penis at a distal end location of the neophallus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2019
From: CRABB, RACHAEL ANNE BERGSTROM
To: COLOPLAST A/S
Reel/Frame 049810/0322 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15726412 · Oct 6, 2017
Provisional Application 62405300 · Oct 7, 2016
Related Publication 20190388226A1 · Dec 26, 2019
Cited By (1)
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