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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brian MacLean, Acton, MA (US);
James Goddard, Pepperell, MA (US);
Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention, in various embodiments, is directed to systems, devices, and methods relating to pre-pubic approaches to delivering a supportive sling to periurethral tissue of a patient. In some embodiments, a system includes a sling assembly having a sling and a sleeve, a guide tube coupled to an end portion of the sleeve, and a delivery device having a shaft, where the shaft can slidably interfit into a lumen of the guide tube such that the distal-most tip of the shaft extends out of the lumen of the guide tube.