Patent · US Expired

Implant for suspension of the urinary bladder in cases of incontinence of urine in women

US5840011A · kind A · utility

336Cited by

5References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

Susanne Landgrebe · Sülfeld, DE
Lothar Schilder · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 1996
Grant date	Nov 24, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2/0045
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implant for suspension of the urinary bladder in bases of incontinence of urine in women has a flat, flexible basic structure. Two first projections (5, 6) and two second projections (7, 8) start from a triangle-like to elongated oval basis (1). The two first projections (5, 6) run on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis (L--L) of the base (1), and the two second projections (7, 8) likewise run on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis (L--L) of the base (1), but generally in the opposite direction to the two first projections (5, 6).

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