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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2007
Daniel J. Smith, Dayton, NJ (US);
Michael Tracey, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Susanne Landgrebe, Sulfeld, DE (US);
Daniel J. Smith, Dayton, NJ (US);
Michael Tracey, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Susanne Landgrebe, Sulfeld, DE (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A medical implant and method for its implantation. One use is for treatment of stress urinary incontinence and includes an implantable, elongated tape having a multiplicity of openings formed through the thickness thereof, the tape having a first end region and a second end region longitudinally opposite the first end region, and first and second bio-absorbable fixation elements attached to the first and second end regions of the tape respectively. Each bio-absorbable fixation element has a tissue adherence property greater than that of the tape and has a substantially rectangular, planar configuration without physical projections extending outwardly therefrom.