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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Bryon L. Merade, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Craig Comiter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victor Nitti, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Raymond Rackley, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Eugene Rhee, San Diego, CA (US);
Sandip Vasavada, Westlake, OH (US);
Kapri Ellenson, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Bryon L. Merade, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Craig Comiter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victor Nitti, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Raymond Rackley, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Eugene Rhee, San Diego, CA (US);
Sandip Vasavada, Westlake, OH (US);
Kapri Ellenson, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A method of treating urinary incontinence includes forming a first incision exposing a urethral region a patient and forming first and second suprapubic incisions. The method includes tunneling an introducer from the first suprapubic incision superficially anterior to a pubic symphysis of the patient and out of the first incision, attaching a first portion of an implant to the introducer and retracting the introducer and the first portion of the implant from the first incision to the first suprapubic incision, and repeating these maneuvers on the contralateral side. The method includes forming third and fourth incisions and tunneling a suitable introducer from the third/fourth incisions through separate obturator foramen of the patient to allow retracting portions of the implant from the first incision back through to the third/fourth incision with the introducer.