SURGICAL IMPLANTS AND TOOLS FOR TREATING PELVIC CONDITIONS

Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, prolapse (e.g., cystocele, enterocele, rectocele, vault prolapse), fecal incontinence, and the like, wherein the implan...

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Hauptverfasser:	DOCKENDORF, KELLY, ANN, KALETA, RICHARD, MONTPETIT, KAREN, PILNEY, OGDAHL, JASON, O'HERN, JEFFREY, MICHAEL, WOLFE, STEVEN, JAMES, ROLL, JESSICA, L, OTTE, JOHN, F, KHAMIS, CHAOUKI, A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, prolapse (e.g., cystocele, enterocele, rectocele, vault prolapse), fecal incontinence, and the like, wherein the implant involves the ability to adjust dimensions of an implant before, during, or after implantation. In a preferred embodiment the implant (680) comprises a support portion piece (682) and an extension portion piece (688, 690) adjustably connected to the support portion piece through a frictional adjusting element (696) comprising an aperture through which a segment of extension portion extends. L'invention concerne des implants pelviens (par exemple : attelle, hamac pour incontinence urinaire, etc.) et une méthode pour implanter un implant pelvien pour le traitement de troubles du plancher pelvien tels que l'incontinence, l'incontinence urinaire de stress, le prolapsus (par exemple, la cystocèle, l'entérocèle, la rectocèle, le prolapsus de la voûte), l'incontinence fécale, et aanalogues; ledit implant et lesdites méthodes ayant des attributs divers, tels que la capacité d'ajuster les dimensions d'un implant avant, pendant ou après une implantation.