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US 2012/0071709 A1Published application
Correction of stress urinary incontinence
AssigneeContine Corporation
InventorsRobert M. Spitz, J. Anthony von Fraunhofer
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Abstract
Devices for treating stress incontinence, having a horizontal proximal portion supported on the pubococcygeus muscle and a distal portion extending downward and away from the proximal portion at an angle approximating the vagina in an erect female as it passes down and between the anterior segments of the pubococcygeus. The distal portion may terminate with a protrusion that is positioned to provide midurethral support, thereby preserving the urethovesical angle.
Claims21
A stress-incontinence treatment device, comprising:
- a horizontally-oriented proximal portion;
- and
- a distal portion that:
- extends away and downward from the proximal portion at an angle, measured between the proximal and distal portions, in the range of about 100 degrees to about 160 degrees;
- and
- comprises a protrusion extending transversely to a plane of the distal portion;
- wherein the device is sized and shaped so that, when positioned in the vagina of a standing woman:
- the proximal portion is supported by separated anterior fibers of the woman's pubococcygeous muscle,
- the distal portion descends through the woman's genital hiatus;
- and
- the protrusion is positioned to support the woman's urethra at a mid-urethral position.
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