IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF VAGINAL AND/OR UTERINE PROLAPSE

• US 20120199133A1
• Filed: 04/20/2012
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coloplast A/S
• Original Assignee: Coloplast A/S
• Inventors: Browning, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,060,838 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/834
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/122 Clamps or clips , e.g. for the umbilical cord for the vas deferens A61F6/206
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0045 Support slings
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0054 with pressure applied to urethra by an element placed around the penis, e.g. penis clamp
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0063 Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/3094 Designing or manufacturing processes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0016 with sharp anchoring protrusions, e.g. barbs, pins, spikes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 6/225 transcervical

Abstract

An implant configured to treat prolapse of a pelvic organ includes a support member and an extension portion projecting from the support member. The extension portion has a barbed fixation means provided thereon for anchoring the extension portion into pelvic paravaginal tissue. The barbed fixation means allow bi-directional adjustment of the barbed fixation means relative to the tissue, and when suitably located, the barbed fixation means engage the tissue. The support member comprises a mesh material having a mass density of less than 50 g/m².

Claims

1. An implant configured to treat prolapse of a pelvic organ, the implant comprising:

a support member; and

an extension portion projecting from the support member and having a barbed fixation means provided thereon for anchoring the extension portion into pelvic paravaginal tissue, the barbed fixation means provided to allow bi-directional adjustment of the barbed fixation means relative to the tissue, and when suitably located, the barbed fixation means engage the tissue;

wherein the support member comprises a mesh material having a mass density of less than 50 g/m².