US Patent Issued to Coloplast on Nov. 18 for "Tool adapted to connect tubing of an implantable penile prosthesis" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,942, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Tool adapted to connect tubing of an implantable penile prosthesis" was invented by Jeffrey Brian Taylor (Forest Lake, Minn.), Wei Zhang (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Samuel M. Shreve (Minneapolis) and John Clegg (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool is provided in a kit of parts for an implantable penile prosthesis that includes a first tubing section and a first connector that is attachable to a second tubing section and a second connector. The tool has a vertex end and an open end, a first arm extending from the vertex end to a first distal end, and...