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US 8,801,593 B2Granted
Method of treating anal incontinence
AssigneeAMS Research Corporation
InventorMaxwell E. Haverfield
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Abstract
A method for treating anal incontinence is provided, in which a support member is implanted in a tissue pathway extending from a first location posterior to and adjacent the anus, through the perineum anterior to the anus and terminating at a location posterior to and adjacent the anus opposite the first location.
Claims16
A method of treating anal incontinence in a patient comprising:
- providing an elongate flexible support member having two opposed ends, a flexible tape extending between the two opposed ends, the flexible tape forming a central portion and two elongate extension portions between the two ends;
- establishing a pathway in tissue of the patient extending about the patient's anal sphincter and extending into the patient's perineum, comprising the steps of making a left buttock incision in the patient's left buttock at a left pathway end, making a right buttock incision in the patient's right buttock at a right pathway end, making an incision in a posterior vaginal wall that extends into the perineum, establishing a left passage of said pathway extending between said left buttock incision and said vaginal incision, and establishing a right passage of said pathway extending between said right buttock incision and said vaginal incision, wherein said pathway extends from the left pathway end, through the perineum, to the right pathway end;
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- implanting the elongate flexible support member in and extending along said pathway to support the anal sphincter.
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A method of treating anal incontinence in a patient comprising:
- forming a first incision in a buttock of the patient posterior to the anus;
- forming a second incision in an opposite buttock posterior to the anus;
- forming a vaginal incision in the posterior vaginal wall;
- forming a tissue pathway between the first and second incisions by passing a surgical instrument between the first incision and the vaginal incision, and between the second incision and the vaginal incision;
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- implanting a support member in the tissue pathway such that the support member is positioned around at least 180 of the circumference of the anal sphincter;
- wherein the support member comprises two opposed ends, a flexible tape extending between the two opposed ends, the flexible tape forming a central portion and two elongate extension portions between the two ends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.