Surgery – Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or... – Implanted
Reexamination Certificate
2003-10-03
2008-08-12
Lacyk, John P (Department: 3735)
Surgery
Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Implanted
C600S037000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07410460
ABSTRACT:
Self-anchoring slings and deployment mechanisms for use therewith in selectively positioning a sling into position within the body. According to a preferred embodiment, the sling comprises an elongate sling portion having opposed ends. Formed upon each respective opposed end is an anchor member operative to be advanced through soft tissue at a selected target site in a first direction but resist movement in an opposed direction. Such anchor members are operative to extend in opposed directions to thus enable a sling to be securely affixed into position and resist sag or otherwise lose its ability to support a given structure. The deployment system is operative to selectively anchor the respective anchor members into position within a tissue mass. Although suitable for a wide variety of applications, it is believed that the system and sling of the present invention are particularly well suited for the deployment of suburethral slings via a trans-obturator route.
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Lacyk John P
Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker
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