Patent · US Expired

Surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary incontinence

US7121997B2 · kind B2 · utility

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62References

3Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Ethicon, Inc. · US
Ethicon G.m.b.H. · DE

Inventors

Gene W. Kammerer · East Brunswick Township, US
Hans-Jochen Hoepffner · Barmstedt, DE
Susanne Landgrebe · Sülfeld, DE
Brian H. Luscombe · Hackettstown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 4, 2001
Grant date	Oct 17, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S128/25
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Described is a surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary stress incontinence. The instrument includes a first curved needle-like element defining in part a curved shaft having a distal end and a proximal, a mesh for implanting into the lower abdomen of a female to provide support to the urethra; a second curved needle element having a proximal end and a distal end, and a coupler for simultaneous attachment to the distal end of the first needle and the distal end of the second needle.

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