Medical device for pelvic floor repair and method of delivering the medical device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsSandra Nagale, Mark W. Boden, John Wesley Sheets, JR., James M. Goddard
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Abstract
In an embodiment, the invention discloses a medical device configured to be delivered and placed within a patient's body. The medical device includes an implant and a cover member. The implant is configured to be disposed within the patient's body. The implant includes a support member, a first arm member and a second arm member, an elongated first sleeve, and an elongated second sleeve. The support member includes a crescent shaped opening.
Claims20
A medical device configured to be delivered within a patient's body, the medical device comprising:
- an implant configured to be disposed within the patient's body and including:
- a support member including a crescent shaped opening;
- a first arm member and a second arm member coupled to the support member such that the support member extends between the two arm members;
- an elongated first sleeve configured to enclose the first arm member;
- an elongated second sleeve configured to enclose the second arm member;
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- a cover member including a cavity for enclosing a portion of the support member, the cover member including a crescent shaped opening sized to be larger than the crescent shaped opening of the support member.
A medical device configured to be delivered within a patient's body, the medical device comprising:
- an implant including:
- a support member configured to be disposed within the patient's body and provide support to a bodily portion;
- a first arm member and a second arm member coupled to the support member such that the support member extends between the two arm members;
- an elongated sleeve configured to enclose the first arm member, and
- a cover member configured to enclose a portion of the support member, the cover member including seams defined for tearing the cover member to facilitate removal of the cover member from the body.
A method for placing a medical device in a patient's body, the method comprising:
- creating a bodily access for delivery the medical device inside a patient's body, the medical device including an implant with two arm members and a support member extending between the two arm members, wherein the two arm members are enclosed in respective elongated sleeves and the support member is enclosed in a cover member;
- inserting the medical device inside the patient's body;
- attaching the implant with a bodily tissue proximate the uterus;
- removing the elongated sleeves;
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- removing the cover member from the patient's body, after attaching the implant, along a vaginal incision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.