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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Inventor:
James Browning, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 6/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2/0045 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61F 2/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 6/225 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant configured to treat prolapse of a pelvic organ includes a support member and an extension portion projecting from the support member. The extension portion has a barbed fixation means provided thereon for anchoring the extension portion into pelvic paravaginal tissue. The barbed fixation means allow bi-directional adjustment of the barbed fixation means relative to the tissue, and when suitably located, the barbed fixation means engage the tissue. The support member comprises a mesh material having a mass density of less than 50 g/m.