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US 11,833,021 B2Granted
Transobturator methods for installing sling to treat incontinence, and related devices
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsChristian Gozzi, Peter Rehder
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Abstract
Described are methods of treating urinary incontinence using a urinary sling and a tissue path that passes through the obturator foramen, along with related surgical implants, devices, systems and kits.
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A method, comprising:
- forming an elongate implantable sling having a central support portion and elongate end portions sized and shaped to extend between an incision substantially adjacent to a patient's obturator foramen, through the obturator foramen, and to a location below a urethra,
- creating a medial incision at the perineum,
- exposing bulbospongiosus muscle,
- dissecting bulbospongiosus muscle to expose corpus spongiosum, and
- placing the central support portion to contact the corpus spongiosum.
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A method, comprising:
- creating a pair of lateral incisions substantially adjacent a patient's left and right obturator foramen,
- creating a medial incision at the perineum,
- dissecting bulbospongiosus muscle to expose corpus spongiosum,
- placing a central support portion of an implant proximate the corpus spongiosum, and
- extending end portions of the implant internally through the obturator foramen to the lateral incisions substantially adjacent to the obturator foramen.
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A method, comprising:
- providing an elongate implantable sling having a central support portion and elongate end portions,
- creating a medial incision at the perineum,
- exposing bulbospongiosus muscle,
- dissecting bulbospongiosus muscle to expose corpus spongiosum, and
- placing the central support portion to contact the corpus spongiosum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.