Correction of stress urinary incontinence

Abstract

Devices for treating stress incontinence, having a horizontal proximal portion supported on the pubococcygeus muscle and a distal portion extending downward and away from the proximal portion at an angle approximating the vagina in an erect female as it passes down and between the anterior segments of the pubococcygeus. The distal portion may terminate with a protrusion that is positioned to provide midurethral support, thereby preserving the urethovesical angle.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Application Serial No. 61 / 217,199, filed May 28, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference. Background technique [0003] Although stress urinary incontinence is a common problem in women, there are few treatments, few surgeries, and little attention to the problem early in a woman's experience. In The Surgeon: Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland, 2008 Dec;6(6):366-72, Long et al. wrote, "Urinary incontinence is a social burden for up to one-third of the adult female population ". In 1995 Sandvik, together with Norway's Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, reviewed 13 studies and concluded that there was a 20-30% prevalence of incontinence among young women, It is 30-40% in middle-aged women, nearly half of whom have predominant stress incontinence and one third have mixed incontinence. A study by Nygaard, Thomps...

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[0006] Pelvic floor strengthening exercises are a topic of occasional discussion between physicians and patients, but pelvic floor strengthening exercises are rarely performed in a systematic fashion

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