WO2002032284A3 - Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence - Google Patents

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WO2002032284A3
WO2002032284A3 PCT/US2001/030033 US0130033W WO0232284A3 WO 2002032284 A3 WO2002032284 A3 WO 2002032284A3 US 0130033 W US0130033 W US 0130033W WO 0232284 A3 WO0232284 A3 WO 0232284A3
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shaft
strand
support strand
urinary incontinence
female urinary
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Jorn Lehe
Gene W Kammerer
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Ethicon Inc
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Priority to AU9309501A priority patent/AU9309501A/en
Priority to DE60143762T priority patent/DE60143762D1/en
Priority to EP01973525A priority patent/EP1335670B1/en
Priority to AT01973525T priority patent/ATE493076T1/en
Priority to CA002426456A priority patent/CA2426456C/en
Priority to AU2001293095A priority patent/AU2001293095B2/en
Priority to KR10-2003-7005469A priority patent/KR20030044018A/en
Publication of WO2002032284A2 publication Critical patent/WO2002032284A2/en
Publication of WO2002032284A3 publication Critical patent/WO2002032284A3/en
Priority to HK03107763.7A priority patent/HK1055385A1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/42—Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06066—Needles, e.g. needle tip configurations
    • A61B17/06109—Big needles, either gripped by hand or connectable to a handle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/0004—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse
    • A61F2/0031—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse for constricting the lumen; Support slings for the urethra
    • A61F2/0036—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse for constricting the lumen; Support slings for the urethra implantable
    • A61F2/0045—Support slings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B2017/00743—Type of operation; Specification of treatment sites
    • A61B2017/00805—Treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0401—Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors
    • A61B2017/0417—T-fasteners

Abstract

A surgical instrument (12) for introducing a support strand into the body to treat female urinary incontinence has an elongated, curved shaft (14) with a distal end insertable into the body. The shaft has a lumen (26) therein extending at least a portion of the length of the shaft (14) through which the support strand may pass in an axial direction. The shaft has a slot (24) on an exterior surface thereof communicating with the lumen (26) allowing the support strand to be laterally passed between the positionable on the distal end of the shaft (14) for facilitating the insertion of the shaft (14) through the body and is connectable at one end to the support strand. The pointed element may either be swaged directly to the strand or be in the form of an elongated needle (16) with an eye (20) to which the strand is removably attached. In an associated method, the shaft (14) sequentially delivers the pointed element (18) through the body twice, forming a loop around the urethra to relieve incontinence. The slot (24) in the shaft (14) permits the instrument (12) to be disassociated from the strand without disturbing the loop.
PCT/US2001/030033 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence WO2002032284A2 (en)

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JP2002535527A JP2004511283A (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence
AU9309501A AU9309501A (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence
DE60143762T DE60143762D1 (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 DEVICE FOR INCONTINENCE TREATMENT
EP01973525A EP1335670B1 (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 Apparatus for treating female urinary incontinence
AT01973525T ATE493076T1 (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 DEVICE FOR INCONTINENCE TREATMENT
CA002426456A CA2426456C (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence
AU2001293095A AU2001293095B2 (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence
KR10-2003-7005469A KR20030044018A (en) 2000-10-18 2001-09-26 Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence
HK03107763.7A HK1055385A1 (en) 2000-10-18 2003-10-28 Apparatus for treating female urinary incontinence

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US09/691,359 US6605097B1 (en) 2000-10-18 2000-10-18 Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence
US09/691,359 2000-10-18

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JP (1) JP2004511283A (en)
KR (1) KR20030044018A (en)
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AT (1) ATE493076T1 (en)
AU (2) AU2001293095B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2426456C (en)
DE (1) DE60143762D1 (en)
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