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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Bryon 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 making an incision and exposing urethral tissue in a patient and employing a tool to place an implant into the incision. The method also includes coupling a first end of the implant to the tool and directing the tool and the first end of the implant through a first obturator foramen of the patient and following the same approach on a contralateral side of the patient thus suspending the implant between the first obturator foramen and the second obturator foramen of the patient. The method additionally includes elevating a urethra of the patient with a central portion of the implant, and securing the first end of the implant relative to a first descending ramus of the patient and securing the second end of the implant relative to a second descending ramus of the patient.