Method of surgically providing a person with a neopenis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10722366-B2
Application number	US-201916517667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2019
Priority date	Oct 7, 2016
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Coloplast As

Inventors

• Crabb Rachael Anne Bergstrom

Classifications

• A61F2250/0007

  for adjusting length · CPC title

• A61F2250/0003

  having an inflatable pocket filled with fluid, e.g. liquid or gas · CPC title

• A61F2220/0033

  made by longitudinally pushing a protrusion into a complementary-shaped recess, e.g. held by friction fit · CPC title

• A61F2/26 Primary

  Penis implants · CPC title

• A61B17/00 Primary

  Surgical instruments, devices or methods (A61B18/00 takes precedence; dental tools A61C3/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/20) · CPC title