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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Marcus P. Carey, Eltham, AU;
Inventor:
Marcus P. Carey, Eltham, AU;
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for repairing a vaginal wall () which has been damaged by one or more prolapsed pelvic organs said method including: (a) mobilizing the vaginal epithelium off the underlying fascia of at least a portion of the damaged vaginal wall; (b) positioning a prosthetic material () over the exposed fascia; (c) re-fixing the vaginal epithelium over the prosthetic material () and the fascia; and thereafter (d) locating an intra-vaginal splint into the vagina.