System and method for treating pelvic organ prolapse
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorRachael Anne Bergstrom Crabb
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Abstract
A method of treating pelvic organ prolapse in a patient is provided. The method includes inserting a support device into a natural vaginal opening of the patient and placing the support device in contact with an interior apical portion of a vagina. The method additionally includes implanting an anchor in the patient and attaching a first end of the anchor to the support device and attaching a second end of the anchor to one of a sacrum and a ligament of the patient.
Claims12
A method of treating pelvic organ prolapse in a patient, the method comprising:
- inserting a support device into a natural vaginal opening of the patient and placing the support device in contact with an interior apical portion of a vagina;
- and
- implanting an anchor in the patient and attaching a first end of the anchor to the support device and attaching a second end of the anchor to one of a sacrum and a ligament of the patient.
A method of treating pelvic organ prolapse in a patient, the method comprising:
- inserting a porous skirt into a natural vaginal opening of the patient and placing the porous skirt in contact with an interior apical portion of a vagina;
- inserting a plug into the natural vaginal opening and pressing an apex of the plug against the skirt;
- and
- implanting an anchor in the patient and attaching a first end of the anchor to one of a sacrum and a ligament of the patient and inserting a second end of the anchor through a wall of the vagina and attaching the second end of the anchor to the plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.