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US 2014/0005469 A1Published application
Implants for stress urinary incontinence treatments and related methods
AssigneeUrova Medical, Inc.
InventorsFranklin Yao, Adam Xiao, Kelsey Humphries, Shida Li, Michael Chen, Amanda Ojeda, Logan Howard
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Abstract
An urogynecologic implant has a curved body that disperses force and reduces the ability of the urethra to expand into the pelvic floor under impulses of abdominal pressure in order to inhibit, reduce or prevent stress urinary incontinence.
Claims15
A stress incontinence implant, comprising:
- a rigid or semi-rigid urogynecologic implant comprising a first primary surface with a curved medial portion and a second primary surface underlying the first primary surface.
A method of treating urinary incontinence, comprising:
- distributing forces from a first side of a three-dimensional shaped rigid or semi-rigid implant facing a urethra and residing between a urethra and anterior vagina wall of a female patient to a longer second side of the implant adjacent an anterior vaginal wall in response to impulses of abdominal pressure stress to thereby inhibit urinary incontinence.
A method of fabricating a urinary incontinence implant, comprising:
- forming a rigid or semi-rigid three dimensional implant body having a three-dimensional shape including a first radius of curvature associated with a medial portion of a first primary surface and a second radius of curvature associated with an arc of an underlying second primary surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.