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US 2014/0194676 A1Published application
Implantable devices for the treatment of incontinence and methods of using same
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsCraig Comiter, Eugene Rhee, Bryon Merade
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Abstract
An implantable device includes a body member having a bottom side that is parallel to a top side; a pair of legs extending from the bottom side of the body member; and a pair of arms extending from the body member perpendicular to the pair of legs and a second arm extending from the body member perpendicular to the pair of legs.
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(canceled)
A method for treating urinary incontinence in a human patient, the method comprising:
- providing an implantable device having a support portion including an upper portion and a lower portion, first and second arms that are substantially parallel and extend in a first direction and first and second legs that are substantially parallel and extend in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction;
- making a perineal incision in a male patient;
- providing an introducer having an introducer tip;
- attaching a portion of the first arm to an introducer tip and passing the introducer tip through a first obturator foramen and the perineal incision such that the first arm passes through the first obturator formaen;
- attaching a portion of the second arm to an introducer tip and passing the introducer tip through a second obturator foramen and the perineal incision such that the second arm passes through the second obturator foramen;
- extending the support portion upward to the pubic bone of the male patient;
- and
- tensioning the first and second arms to achieve suburethral compression.
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An implant for treating male urinary incontinence, the implant comprising:
- a support portion sized to support a bulbar urethral complex of a male patient, the support portion including a first side that is parallel to a second side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side;
- and
- a pair of arms including a first arm extending from the support portion in a first direction parallel to the top side and a second arm extending from the support portion in a second direction parallel to the top side and opposite to the first direction;
- wherein the first lateral side of the support portion forms a first recess extending inward into the support portion relative to the first arm for accommodating a first pubic ramus and the second lateral side of the support portion forms a second recess extending inwardly into the support portion relative to the second arm for accommodating a second pubic ramus of the male patient.
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A method for treating urinary incontinence in a human patient, the method comprising:
- providing an implantable device having a support portion including an upper portion and a lower portion, a first arm extending from the support portion, and a second arm that extends from the support portion in a substantially parallel direction to the first arm;
- making a perineal incision in a male patient;
- providing an introducer having an introducer tip;
- attaching a portion of the first arm to an introducer tip and passing the introducer tip through a first obturator foramen and the perineal incision such that the first arm passes through the first obturator formaen;
- attaching a portion of the second arm to an introducer tip and passing the introducer tip through a second obturator foramen and the perineal incision such that the second arm passes through the second obturator foramen;
- extending the support portion upward to the pubic bone of the male patient;
- securing the support portion to the pubic bone of the patient;
- and
- tensioning the first and second arms to achieve suburethral compression.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.