Surgical implants, tools and methods for treating pelvic conditions

A surgical implant, implant technology, used in joint implants, joint implants, surgical instruments, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-05
AMS RES CORP
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While complications associated with the sling approach are rare, they do occur

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[0076] The following descriptions are meant to be exemplary only and not limiting. Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

[0077] The present invention relates to surgical instruments, assemblies and implantable articles for the treatment of pelvic floor disorders such as fecal or urinary incontinence (including stress urinary incontinence (SUI), prolapse, etc.). According to various embodiments, surgical implants may be used to treat pelvic disorders, including specific examples of surgically placed surgical implants to treat conditions such as vaginal vault prolapse or incontinence (female or male). Various configurations of surgical implants, surgical tools, surgical systems, surgical kits, and surgical methods for installing implants are described below. Implants may be implanted in males or females to treat conditions such as stress incontinence, stress incontinence, mixed incontinence, overflow incontinence, functional incontin...

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Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) and method of implanting a pelvic implant that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, prolapse (e.g., cystocele, enterocele, rectocele, vault prolapse), fecal incontinence, and the like, wherein the implant and methods involve various features, such as the ability to adjust dimensions of an implant before, during, or after implantation.

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[0001] priority claim [0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 805,040, filed June 16, 2006, entitled "PELVIC FLOOR REPAIRTISSUE FIXATION"; Priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 897,697, entitled "ARMLENGTH REDUCTION / TENSIONING CONCEPT." technical field [0003] The present invention relates to devices and methods for treating pelvic disorders by using pelvic implants to support pelvic tissue. Pelvic disorders include disorders of female or male anatomy, and specifically include treatment of female or male urinary and fecal incontinence, and include disorders of female vaginal prolapse (including enterocele, anal prolapse, vault prolapse, and any combination of the foregoing) Treatment. Typical examples of the articles and implements described herein include: surgically implanted implants that support pelvic tissues during or after implantation or are adjustable according to their length or tension...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61F2/00A61B17/06A61F2/04
CPCA61B2017/0437A61F2250/0004A61B17/064A61B2017/0488A61B17/0401A61B2017/06019A61B17/06109A61F2002/30537A61B17/068A61B2017/06042A61B2017/06176A61B2017/00805A61B2017/0435A61F2/0045A61B2017/06009A61B2017/0412A61F2/30A61B17/06
Inventor K·A·多肯多尔夫R·卡莱塔C·A·卡米斯K·P·蒙特佩蒂特J·奥格达尔J·M·奥赫恩J·F·奥特J·L·罗尔S·J·沃尔夫
Owner AMS RES CORP
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