Minimally invasive levator avulsion repair
AssigneeAMS Research Corporation
InventorKaren Pilney Montpetit
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Abstract
Described are pelvic implants and methods of surgically placing pelvic implants that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders by support of the levator by creating an incision that allows access to a region of tissue of the pelvic floor and inserting a pelvic implant comprising a tissue support portion delivered by a delivery tool. A pelvic implant for supporting levator tissue comprising: a tissue support portion having a first end and a second; a tissue fastener disposed on the first end of the tissue support portion for fastening it to levator tissue; a guide extension portion disposed on the second end of the tissue support portion; and a support backer member attachable to the guide extension portion to adjust a tension of the tissue support portion and concomitantly the levator tissue.
Claims7
A method of supporting tissue of the pelvic floor, the method comprising
- creating an external skin incision proximate an obturator foramen that allows access to a region of tissue of the pelvic floor,
- providing a pelvic implant comprising a tissue support portion comprising a first end and a second end, a tissue fastener disposed on the first end;
- connecting the tissue fastener to a delivery tool;
- passing the implant and an end of the delivery tool through the incision,
- passing the tissue fastener and at least a portion of the tissue support portion through the obturator foramen, and
- placing the tissue support portion at the region of pelvic floor tissue;
- securing the tissue fastener to tissue of the pelvic region, and
- placing a support backer member on the second end to apply tension to the tissue support portion to support the tissue of the pelvic floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.