Method of treating urinary incontinence

US7717892B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• McNeil-PPC, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michelle Bartning · Santa Rosa, US
• Kevin F. Gironda · Schwenksville, US
• Mari Hou · Berkeley Heights, US
• Thomas P. Luchino · Freehold, US
• Kirsten Freislinger Luehrs · Palo Alto, US
• Pramod Mavinkurve · Princeton, US
• Leonard Rosenfeld · Yardley, US
• Raymond J. Hull, Jr. · Hampton, US
• David J. Chase · Somerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2006
• Grant date: May 18, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24587
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for treating urinary incontinence includes the steps of inserting into the woman's vagina a first disposable device, removing the first disposable device, and inserting a second disposable device substantially identical to the first disposable device. The disposable devices have a generally cylindrical working portion with opposed faces to provide support to an associated urinary system and an anchoring portion to maintain the disposable device in place during use. The working portion also has an initial equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 170 mm, an insertion equivalent diameter ranging from about 5 to about 25 mm, a use equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 40 mm and a length ranging from about 20 to about 60 mm. The anchoring portion also has an initial equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 60 mm, an insertion equivalent diameter ranging from about 10 to about 25 mm, a use equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 60 mm and a length ranging from about 10 to about 50 mm.