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US 2016/0095686 A1Published application
Implantable article and method
AssigneeAstora Women's Health, LLC
InventorsChristopher A. Thierfelder, John W. Westrum
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Abstract
An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.
Claims13
1-37. (canceled)
A method of treating a pelvic floor disorder comprising:
- providing an implant comprising two tissue engagement portions and a base portion, creating an incision,
- attaching the two tissue engagement portions to a vaginal cuff, and
- attaching the base portion to an anterior longitudinal ligament.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.