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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Neotract, Inc, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Theodore C Lamson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Joseph Catanese, III, San Leandro, CA (US);
Matthew McLean, San Francisco, CA (US);
James W Niederjohn, San Jose, CA (US);
Floria Cheng, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Y Tachibana, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael Gearhart, Fremont, CA (US);
NeoTract, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating incontinence. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to deploy and implant anchor devices for distracting and/or retracting the urethra or tissues proximate thereto, or to maintain a position of a urethra in response to intra-abdominal pressures.