Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Patent
1993-08-20
1996-04-16
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
606144, 112169, A61B 1700
Patent
active
055077544
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for elevating, approximating and/or restraining internal organs or structures, and more particularly for treating female urinary stress incontinence is provided. The invention includes an anchoring device having an elongated suture with an anchor at each end thereof and a cinching member therebetween for adjusting the length of the suture, an apparatus for applying the anchoring device, and an apparatus for drawing the suture relative to the cinching member after it has been emplaced. The method involves securing a first anchor to a first structure, such as the vaginal wall, securing a second anchor to a second structure, such as Cooper's ligament, and drawing the suture relative to the cinching member to approximate the first and second anchors, and thereby move the first structure and the second structure into juxtaposition so as to approximate them.
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Castro Salvatore
Green David T.
Manzo Scott E.
Ratcliff Keith
Sienkiewicz Henry R.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Schmidt Jeffrey A.
United States Surgical Corporation
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