Surgical implants, tools for treating pelvic conditions

A technology of implants and pelvic cavity, applied in the direction of joint implants, joint implants, surgical instruments, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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 description is meant to be exemplary only and not restrictive. Other embodiments of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

[0077] The present invention relates to surgical instruments, assemblies, and implantable articles for treating pelvic floor disorders, such as fecal or urinary incontinence, including stress urinary incontinence (SUI), prolapse, and the like. According to various embodiments, surgical implants may be used to treat pelvic disorders, including specific examples of surgical placement of surgical implants to treat disorders such as vaginal vault prolapse or incontinence (in women or men). Various structures of surgical implants, surgical tools, surgical systems, surgical kits, and surgical methods for installing the implants are described below. Implants may be implanted in men or women to treat conditions such as stress incontinence, stress incontinence, mixed incontinence, overflow incontinence, functiona...

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Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) 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 involves the ability to adjust dimensions of an implant before, during, or after implantation. In a preferred embodiment the implant (680) comprises a support portion piece (682) and an extension portion piece (688, 690) adjustably connected to the support portion piece through a frictional adjusting element (696) comprising an aperture through which a segment of extension portion extends.

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[0001] priority claim [0002] This application claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 805,040, filed June 16, 2006, entitled "PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR TISSUE FIXATION"; and claims filed January 26, 2007 of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 897,697, entitled "ARM LENGTH REDUCTION / TENSIONING CONCEPT". technical field [0003] The present invention relates to devices and methods for treating pelvic disorders by utilizing pelvic implants to support pelvic tissue. Pelvic disorders include disorders of the female or male anatomy, and specifically include the treatment of female or male urinary and fecal incontinence, and include female vaginal prolapse disorders (including enterocele, prolapse of the anus, fornix prolapse, and any combination of the foregoing) Treatment. Typical examples of articles and tools described herein include: surgically implanted implants that support pelvic tissue during or after implantation or that can be adjuste...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61F2/00A61B17/06A61F2/04
CPCA61B2017/0437A61F2250/0004A61B17/064A61B2017/0488A61B17/0401A61B2017/06019A61F2002/30537A61B17/06109A61B2017/06042A61B17/068A61B2017/06176A61B2017/00805A61B2017/0435A61F2/0045A61B2017/06009A61B2017/0412A61F2/30A61B17/06
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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