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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2024
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
John J. Allen, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
John Clegg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
William Hartsig, Hudson, WI (US);
Peter Meinz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mark A. Moschel, New Hope, MN (US);
Sarah J. Schuchardt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Neal Poucher, North Oaks, MN (US);
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A method of preparing a suture fixation device for use in surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse includes providing a delivery device and a tissue fixation device. The tissue fixation device includes a tab connected to a tissue anchor, with the tissue anchor having a suture eyelet. The method includes instructing a user to hold the tab and insert the tissue anchor into the delivery device and breaking the tab away from the tissue anchor leaving the tissue anchor in the delivery device.