Surgery – Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-17
2011-05-17
Marmor, II, Charles A (Department: 3735)
Surgery
Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Reexamination Certificate
active
07942806
ABSTRACT:
A suburethral implant for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) includes an elongated plate-like member which is slightly curved in transverse cross-section, and a pair of spaced apart arms having hooked ends or barbs which extend from the plate-like member. A device for deploying the suburethral implant for treating SUI includes a vaginal probe for insertion in the vaginal canal of a patient, and a urethra locator probe for the simultaneous insertion in the urethra of a patient. The urethra probe is spaced apart from and overlies the vaginal probe. The vaginal probe includes a wall in which is formed an exit port. A suburethral implant introducer assembly is extendable and retractable through the exit port on the vaginal probe. The introducer assembly has a distal end on which is removably mounted a suburethral implant. The introducer assembly is extendable through the exit port to pierce the vaginal canal wall of the patient in order to position the suburethral implant in proximity to the patient's urethra. The hooked ends or barbs on the arms of the suburethral implant engage the tissue surrounding the patient's urethra and are affixed thereto during deployment of the implant. The introducer assembly is then retracted into the vaginal probe, whereby the implant is released from the introducer assembly and remains affixed to tissue in proximity to the patient's urethra.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5755236 (1998-05-01), Dann et al.
patent: 5785640 (1998-07-01), Kresch et al.
patent: 5795346 (1998-08-01), Achter et al.
patent: 5899909 (1999-05-01), Claren et al.
patent: 6039686 (2000-03-01), Kovac
patent: 6048306 (2000-04-01), Spielberg
patent: 6056687 (2000-05-01), Polyak et al.
patent: 6418930 (2002-07-01), Fowler
patent: 6460542 (2002-10-01), James
patent: 6595911 (2003-07-01), LoVuolo
patent: 6599318 (2003-07-01), Gabbay
patent: 6679831 (2004-01-01), Zunker et al.
patent: 6808486 (2004-10-01), O'Donnell
patent: 6824560 (2004-11-01), Pelton
patent: 7070558 (2006-07-01), Gellman et al.
patent: 7771344 (2010-08-01), Ziv
patent: 2001/0044652 (2001-11-01), Moore
patent: 2003/0191360 (2003-10-01), Browning
patent: 2003/0216814 (2003-11-01), Siegel et al.
patent: 2004/0084054 (2004-05-01), Kaseki et al.
patent: 2004/0143152 (2004-07-01), Grocela
patent: 2005/0250978 (2005-11-01), Kammerer
patent: 2006/0264698 (2006-11-01), Kondonis et al.
patent: WO 97/43982 (1997-11-01), None
patent: WO 0126588 (2001-04-01), None
patent: WO 2005/087154 (2005-09-01), None
Morgan N. Medical Shape Memory Alloy Applications—the market and its products. Materials Science and Engineering A 378: 16-23, 2004.
Bell Steve
Knodel Bryan
Tracey Michael R.
Burk Catherine E.
Ethicon Inc.
Marmor II Charles A
LandOfFree
Stress urinary incontinence implant and device for deploying... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Stress urinary incontinence implant and device for deploying..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Stress urinary incontinence implant and device for deploying... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2676410