Methods and apparatus for securing a urethral sling to a pubic bone

US8864650B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMS Research Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mona J. Inman · Eden Prairie, US
• Kevin R. Arnal · Excelsior, US
• Matthew J. Monarski · Victoria, US
• Robert L. Rykhus · Edina, US
• Suranjan Roychowdhury · Plymouth, US
• Jeffrey A. Lechner-Riehle · Burnsville, US
• Eric Watschke · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 21, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0496
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling to pubic bone in a sub-urethral location to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors, e.g., bone screws, are driven into pubic bones with exposed bone anchor heads and necks configured to receive and support a urethral sling applied to the bone anchors with and without retainers applied against the urethral sling to retain portions of the urethral sling between the bone anchor heads and the pubic bones.