Inventors:
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
Assignee:
Coloplast A/S - Humlebaek
International Classification:
A61F 2/02
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.