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US 9,168,119 B2Granted
Surgical systems and methods for transvaginal apical suspension
OwnerDionysios Veronikisinventor
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Abstract
Systems and surgical methods and procedures for performing transvaginal apical suspension are provided.
Claims15
A method for transvaginal apical suspension comprising:
- creating an insertion tunnel along a posterior vaginal wall for an entire length of a vagina of a patient;
- passing a first end of a suture through a pubococcygeus muscle, an iliococcygeus muscle, a coccygeus muscle, and tendinous structure near a sacrum of the patient and into the insertion tunnel;
- securing a first end of a mesh to an apex of the vagina of the patient and a second end of the mesh to the first end of the suture;
- suspending the apex of the vagina of the patient by pulling a second end of the suture;
- anchoring the mesh;
- and
- closing the insertion tunnel.
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A method for transvaginal apical suspension comprising:
- creating an insertion tunnel from a perineal body of a patient towards an apex of a vagina of the patient;
- attaching a first end of a mesh to the apex of the vagina of the patient;
- suspending the apex of the vagina of the patient by pulling a second end of the mesh through a ligamentous or a muscular anatomical structure of the patient near a sacrum of the patient, through an iliococcygeus muscle, through a coccygeus muscle, and through a pubococcygeus muscle of the patient;
- anchoring the mesh;
- and
- closing the insertion tunnel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.