Medical device and methods of delivering the medical device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsTy Fairneny, Michael F. Weiser
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a medical device and a method of placing the medical device within a patient's body. The medical device includes a support member, a first elongate member, a second elongate member and a coupling member. The first elongate member and the second elongate member extend from the support member. The coupling member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the coupling member is coupled to a distal end portion of the first elongate member and the second portion of the coupling member is coupled to a distal end portion of the second elongate member.
Claims20
A medical device configured to be delivered and placed within a patient's body, the medical device comprising:
- a support member configured to be attached to a portion of a vaginal wall;
- a first elongate member extending from the support member, the first elongate member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion such that the proximal end portion is attached to the support member and the distal end portion of the first elongate member being configured to be attached around a portion of a uterus;
- a second elongate member extending from the support member, the second elongate member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion such that the proximal end portion is attached to the support member and the distal end portion of the second elongate member being configured to be attached around a portion of the uterus;
- a coupling member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the coupling member coupled to the distal end portion of the first elongate member and the second portion of the coupling member coupled to the distal end portion of the second elongate member,
- wherein the first portion of the coupling member and the second portion of the coupling member are configured to be directly coupled together such that the distal end portion of the first elongate member is coupled to the distal end portion of the second elongate member;
- a first suture coupled to the first portion of the coupling member on the first elongate member;
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- a second suture coupled to the second portion of the coupling member on the second elongate member,
- wherein, when the first portion of the coupling member is directly coupled to the second portion of the coupling member, the first suture and the second suture are each configured to extend from the coupling member to different portions of bodily tissue within the patient's body.
A method of placing a medical device in a patient's body, the method comprising:
- delivering the medical device inside the patient's body, the medical device having a support member configured to be attached to a portion of a vaginal wall, a first elongate member and a second elongate member extending from the support member and configured to be attached around a portion of a uterus, a coupling member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the coupling member coupled to the first elongate member and the second portion of the coupling member coupled to the second elongate member, the medical device having a first suture coupled to the first portion of the coupling member, and a second suture coupled to the second portion of the coupling member;
- directly coupling the first portion of the coupling member with the second portion of the coupling member such that a distal end portion of the first elongate member is coupled to a distal end portion of the second elongate member, the first and second sutures extending from the coupling member from a portion of a uterus of the patient;
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- extending the first and second sutures from the portion of the uterus to different portions of a sacrum of the patient including,
- extending the first suture to a first portion of the sacrum of the patient;
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- extending the second suture to a second portion of the sacrum of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.