Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Ams Research Corporation

Eric S Watschke

Kevin R Arnal

Suranjan Roychowdhury

Robert L Rykhus

Mona J Inman

Jeffrey A Lechner-Riehle

Matthew J Monarski

Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling () to pubic bone () to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors () are driven into pubic bones with elongated bone anchor sutures () configured to be passed through openings of a urethral sling. Suture retainers are applied to the sutures to apply retentive force to the urethral sling to maintain the fixation of the urethral sling proximate to the pubic bone.

Surgical kit for securing an implantable sling in a pubic region

Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling to pubic bone in a sub-urethral location to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors, e.g., bone screws, are driven into pubic bones with exposed bone anchor heads and necks configured to receive and support a urethral sling applied to the bone anchors with and without retainers applied against the urethral sling to retain portions of the urethral sling between the bone anchor heads and the pubic bones.

Methods and apparatus for securing a urethral sling to a pubic bone

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Eric S Watschke