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US 8,617,046 B2Granted
Floating sling for treatment of incontinence
AssigneeAMS Research Corporation
InventorJosé William Jimenez
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Abstract
Improved methods and apparatuses for treatment of fecal and urinary incontinence are provided. Methods of placing mesh support strips adjacent the urethra or rectum (as in positions of support for levator ani muscles) through minimal number of incisions, with minimal amount of mesh, are disclosed. Methods combining such mesh support strip placement with injecting proliferative agents for support are disclosed.
Claims8
A method of treating fecal incontinence or levator ballooning, comprising:
- making a perineal incision in a patient;
- placing through the perineal incision a first strip of spring-like mesh material proximate, generally parallel to, and longitudinally along the levator ani muscles to support the levator ani muscles, wherein the first strip of mesh is not placed in a position directly abutting the levator ani muscles;
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- placing a second strip of spring-like mesh material proximate, generally parallel to, and longitudinally along the levator ani muscles to support the levator ani muscles, wherein the second strip of mesh is not placed in a position directly abutting the levator ani muscles such that the second strip of mesh is physically separate from and not connected to the first strip of mesh or any distal mesh materials.
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A method of treating fecal incontinence or levator ballooning, comprising:
- making a perineal incision in a patient;
- introducing a tool through the perineal incision along a tissue path toward the levator ani muscles of a patient;
- placing through the perineal incision a first strip of spring-like mesh material proximate, generally parallel to, and longitudinally along the levator ani muscles to support the levator ani muscles, wherein the first strip of mesh is not placed in a position directly abutting the levator ani muscles;
- placing through the perineal incision a second strip of spring-like mesh material proximate, generally parallel to, and longitudinally along the levator ani muscles to support the levator ani muscles, wherein the second strip of mesh is not placed in a position directly abutting the levator ani muscles, wherein the second strip of mesh is physically separate from and not connected to the first strip of mesh or any distal mesh materials.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.