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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mordechay Beyar, Caesarea, IL;
Assignee:
American Medical Systems, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ; A61B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ; A61B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A procedure for treating urinary stress incontinence by using bone anchors, whether screw or staple type, with or without suture, inserted pervaginally for use with a sling material for supporting the bladder neck and/or proximal uretha.
Published as:
CA2247464A1; WO9730638A1; AU1964397A; EP0904015A1; US5972000A; JP2000505336A; EP0904015A4; AU730285B2; US6334446B1; US2002050277A1; US2002095064A1; US2002095163A1; US2002095181A1; US6575998B2; US6575984B2; US6592610B2;