Method for treating urinary incontinence in women and implantable device intended to correct urinary incontinence

• US 20020099260A1
• Filed: 03/05/2002
• Published: 07/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coloplast A/S
• Original Assignee: Mentor Corporation (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Suslian, Patrice, Delorme, Emmanuel
• Granted Patent: US 6,638,211 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00805 Treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0036 implantable A61F2/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0045 Support slings
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/009 for hindering or preventing attachment of biological tissue

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and device for treating urinary incontinence in women.

Claims

1. Implantable device intended to correct urinary incontinence in women, characterized in that it is in the form of a tape of which the central region, intended to be inserted between the Alban fascia and the periurethral fascias, is coated with a substance capable of preventing any adhesion of the said fascias to the tape.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the substance is silicone.

3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the substance is made of vegetable or animal growth factors.

4. Device according to on of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the tape is coated on both side, advantageously on one side.

5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the tape is made of a material chosen from the group containing polyethylene and polypropylene.

6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the polypropylene is either meshed, knitted, or alternatively, in the form of sprayed fibres.

7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the tape is made of absorbable material.

8. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the central region of the tape is not as wide as the rest of the tape.

9. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the ends of the tape has a tapered point intended to be secured in the groin facing the corresponding obturator foramen.

10. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the tape has a length equal to 60 cm and a width equal to 2.5 cm, and has a central region which is not as wide, being 1 cm wide over a length equal to 15 mm.