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US 2017/0304037 A1Published application
Implants and methods for treatments of pelvic conditions
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsThomas A. Albrecht, Ram Kumar Balachandran, John A. Bostrom
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Abstract
The present invention relates to surgical implants with adjustable size features, and methods for treating pelvic conditions by use of the implants.
Claims20
A Y-shaped surgical implant comprising:
- a base comprising a fixed length of implant material between a distal base end and a proximal base end, a sacral leaf, a first vaginal leaf, and a width,
- a moveable junction that is moveable along the length between the distal base end and the proximal base end,
- wherein
- the first vaginal leaf extends between the proximal base end and the moveable junction,
- the sacral leaf extends between the moveable junction and the distal base end, and
- a second vaginal leaf comprising implant material extends from the moveable junction.
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A method of treating vaginal vault prolapse in a female patient, the method comprising:
- providing a Y-shaped implant comprising an anterior vaginal leaf, a posterior vaginal leaf, and a sacral leaf, the three leafs being connected at a junction, at least one of the anterior vaginal leaf and the posterior vaginal leaf being an adjustable-length vaginal leaf wherein a length of the vaginal leaf between the junction and a proximal end of the vaginal leaf is adjustable,
- attaching the anterior vaginal leaf to anterior vaginal tissue of a patient,
- attaching the posterior vaginal leaf to posterior vaginal tissue of the patient, and
- adjusting the length of the at least one adjustable-length vaginal leaf to increase or to decrease the amount of tension applied by the implant to the anterior vaginal tissue, relative to the amount of tension applied by the implant to the posterior vaginal tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.