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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
May. 02, 2001
Barry N. Gellman, Easton, MA (US);
David Sauvageau, Methuen, MA (US);
Rodney Brenneman, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Armand A. Morin, Berkeley, MA (US);
William Pintauro, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Rodney Appell, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas, and other medical devices through the pubic bone. The driver may be used in connection with a driver frame assembly for proper positioning and stabilization of the driver, and with other devices for creating a cavity in the urethral floor and for positioning medical devices therein. The invention also provides simple connections for attaching a suture to a device within the cavity in the urethral floor or in the vagina, and also for attaching sutures to the pubic bone.