Surgery – Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or... – Implanted
Reexamination Certificate
2003-10-20
2008-12-16
Lacyk, John P. (Department: 3735)
Surgery
Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Implanted
C606S151000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07465270
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein are expandable surgical implants that may be expanded one or more times by directly or indirectly uncinching one or more expansion loops. Use of the expandable surgical implant permits a physician to expand, with minimal invasion, a surgical implant that was over-tensioned by a surgeon during implantation or became over-tensioned due to changes in the patient's anatomy.
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