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US 12,465,474 B2Granted
Readjustable midurethral sling
AssigneeSoranus Arge Ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret A.S.
InventorAhmet Ozgur Yeniel
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Abstract
An adjustable midurethral sling is provided. The adjustable midurethral sling includes a midurethral sling, a frame, an adjustment suture, a housing, two end parts, tunnel opening hooks, outlets, and tunnel opening hook insertion holes. The adjustable midurethral sling is used in a surgical treatment of an involuntary leakage, wherein the involuntary leakage is defined as a urinary incontinence in cases of an abdominal pressure increase as a result of coughing, sneezing etc.
Claims6
A re-adjustable midurethral sling assembly, comprising:
- a midurethral sling, wherein the midurethral sling is implanted from a transobturator or retropubic route to a midurethral region,
- an adjustment suture coupled to the midurethral sling and is configured for re-adjusting the midurethral sling,
- two detachable end parts each attached to an end of the midurethral sling,
- a tunnel opening hook configured to be attached to a respective end part of one of the two detachable end parts at an application direction in a surgery,
- outlets, wherein the outlets are respectively provided at each end part of the two detachable end parts, and are configured to attach each end part of the two detachable end parts tightly to the tunnel opening hook, and
- an end part guide passing through an end part of the two detachable end parts;
- wherein the outlets provide different configurations for the end parts guide to pass through the end part of the two detachable end parts;
- and
- wherein the two detachable end parts, the tunnel opening hook, and the end part guide are configured to be removed after the midurethral sling is left implanted in a desired position.
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