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US 9,168,035 B2Granted
Adjustable implant
AssigneeCaldera Medical, Inc.
InventorsAnand Vemuri, Stéphane Gobron
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Abstract
An implantable support member having at least one adjusting portion operable for adjusting a length or tension of the support member after placement of support member anchors. The support member is operable to provide mid-urethral support for treating urinary incontinence.
Claims11
An adjustable implant, in an assembled state, comprising:
- a support member formed of mesh;
- a first anchor inserted through the mesh of the support member approximate a first end of the support member;
- an arm formed of mesh and extending from a second end of the support member;
- a second anchor having an aperture through which the mesh of the arm passes;
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- an adjusting suture having a locking end, a looped portion, and an adjusting portion, the locking end of the adjusting suture attached directly to the mesh of the second end of the support member, the looped portion of the adjusting suture passing directly through an eyelet in the second anchor, and a portion of the adjusting portion of the adjusting suture surrounded by a tubing, the adjusting suture having a sliding locking knot formed at an intersection of the locking end, the looped portion, and the adjusting portion of the adjusting suture, the sliding locking knot configured to provide for a reduction in a length between the second end of the support member and the second anchor and to substantially prevent an expansion of said length.
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An adjustable implant, in an assembled state, comprising:
- a support member formed of mesh;
- a first anchor inserted through the mesh of the support member approximate a first end of the support member;
- an adjusting suture having a locking end, a looped portion, and an adjusting portion, the locking end of the adjusting suture attached directly to the mesh of a second end of the support member;
- a second anchor having an eyelet through which a looped portion of the adjusting suture passes;
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- a sliding locking knot formed at an intersection of the locking end, the looped portion, and an adjusting portion of the adjusting suture, the sliding locking knot configured to allow a reduction in size of the looped portion of the adjusting suture and to substantially prevent an expansion in size of the looped portion of the adjusting suture;
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- a tubing surrounding a portion of the adjusting portion of the adjusting suture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.