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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Inventor:
Rachael Anne Bergstrom Crabb, Helsingor, DK;
Assignee:
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating pelvic organ prolapse in a patient is provided. The method includes inserting a support device into a natural vaginal opening of the patient and placing the support device in contact with an interior apical portion of a vagina. The method additionally includes implanting an anchor in the patient and attaching a first end of the anchor to the support device and attaching a second end of the anchor to one of a sacrum and a ligament of the patient.