Surgery – Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or... – Implanted
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-28
2009-11-10
Lacyk, John P (Department: 3735)
Surgery
Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...
Implanted
Reexamination Certificate
active
07614999
ABSTRACT:
The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence.The invention also provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas, and other medical devices through the pubic bone. The driver may be used in connection with a driver frame assembly for proper positioning and stabilization of the driver, and with other devices for creating a cavity in the urethral floor and for positioning medical devices therein. The invention also provides simple connections for attaching a suture to a device within the cavity in the urethral floor or in the vagina, and also for attaching sutures to the pubic bone.
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Appell Rodney
Brenneman Rodney
Gellman Barry N.
Morin Armand
Pintauro William
Bingham & McCutchen LLP
Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
Lacyk John P
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