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US 2014/0194680 A1Published application
Method for supporting vaginal cuff
AssigneeAMS Research Corporation
InventorsS. Robert Kovac, James E. Cox
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Abstract
Described are methods and devices useful for supporting posterior vaginal tissue for various purposes such as treating or preventing vaginal prolapse or enterocele, especially in a patient not having a uterus, the devices including implants designed to contact the vaginal cuff and connect to sacral anatomy such as the sacrum or the uterosacral ligaments.
Claims5
1-16. (canceled)
A surgical implant comprising a central support portion and two extension portions extending longitudinally from the central support portion, the central support portion comprising
- an anterior lobe extending laterally from the extension portions, and
- a posterior lobe extending laterally from the extension portions in a direction opposite of the anterior component, the posterior lobe comprising two lobe extensions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.