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US 7,347,812 B2Granted
Prolapse repair
AssigneeAMS Research Corporation
InventorGeorges Mellier
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Abstract
Surgical instruments for prolapse repair are disclosed. The surgical instruments have straight portions and helical portions.
Claims15
A surgical instrument for inserting an implant for treating female prolapse, the surgical instrument comprising:
- a handle;
- a needle portion having a straight portion emerging from the handle and a generally helical portion having a distal end region, wherein the straight portion of the instrument has a longitudinal axis and the helical portion has an axis that is not parallel to the axis of the straight portion, and
- wherein the needle portion is sized and shaped so that the distal end region may initially be moved through a patient's obturator foramen toward the region of the patient's ischial spine, and then toward a vaginal incision in the region of the vaginal apex, so that an implant may be received by the distal end of the needle and moved from the vaginal incision through the patient's obturator foramen.
An assembly of surgical instruments for treating female prolapse, the assembly comprising:
- a first surgical instrument comprising a handle;
- a needle portion having a straight portion emerging from the handle and a generally right handed helical portion having a distal end region, wherein the straight portion of the instrument has a longitudinal axis and the helical portion has an axis that is not parallel to the axis of the straight portion, and wherein the needle portion is sized and shaped so that the distal end region may initially be moved through a patient's obturator foramen toward the region of the patient's ischial spine, and then toward a vaginal incision in the region of the vaginal apex;
- a second surgical instrument comprising a handle;
- a needle portion having a straight portion emerging from the handle and a generally left handed helical portion having a distal end region, wherein the straight portion of the instrument has a longitudinal axis and the helical portion has an axis that is not parallel to the axis of the straight portion, and wherein the needle portion is sized and shaped so that the distal end region may initially be moved through a patient's obturator foramen toward the region of the patient's ischial spine, and then toward a vaginal incision in the region of the vaginal apex;
- and an implant for treating the prolapse;
- and
- an implant suitable for the treatment of vaginal prolapse.
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A surgical procedure for correcting human vaginal prolapse comprising:
- providing a first surgical instrument comprising a handle;
- a needle portion having a straight portion emerging from the handle and a generally right handed helical portion having a distal end region, wherein the straight portion of the instrument has a longitudinal axis and the helical portion has an axis that is not parallel to the axis of the straight portion;
- providing a second surgical instrument comprising a handle;
- a needle portion having a straight portion emerging from the handle and a generally left handed helical portion having a distal end region, wherein the straight portion of the instrument has a longitudinal axis and the helical portion has an axis that is not parallel to the axis of the straight portion;
- providing an implant suitable for the treatment of vaginal prolapse;
- creating a vaginal incision;
- incising the patient's skin in the region of the patient's obturator foramen on a first side of the patient,
- passing the distal end portion of the first surgical instrument through the obturator foramen and then through the vaginal incision;
- associating the implant with the first surgical instrument;
- incising the patient's skin in the region of the patient's obturator foramen on a second side of the patient,
- passing the distal end portion of the second surgical instrument through the obturator foramen and then through the vaginal incision;
- associating the implant with the second surgical instrument;
- moving the distal end portion of the first surgical instrument from the vaginal incision through the patient's obturator foramen with an end of the implant associated with the distal end portion;
- moving the distal end portion of the second surgical instrument from the vaginal incision through the patient's obturator foramen with an end of the implant associated with the distal end portion;
- and
- attaching the implant to the vagina.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.