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7614999 |
Systems, devices, and methods for minimally invasive pelvic surgery
The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence. The invention also provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas,...
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7611454 |
Surgical procedure for the treatment of female urinary incontinence: tension-free inside-out transobturator urethral suspension
A new, quick, simple, efficient, safe, and reproducible surgical technique for the treatment of female urinary incontinence, in which the posterior urethra is suspended using a tape passed through...
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7601118 |
Minimally invasive medical implant and insertion device and method for using the same
A medical implant and method for its implantation. One use is for treatment of stress urinary incontinence and includes an implantable, elongated tape having a multiplicity of openings formed...
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7594885 |
Method for implanting an adjustable band
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided A method for implanting surgical device. The method involves providing a surgical device comprising an elongated flexible inflatable...
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7593856 |
Brand recognition system
Computer software for and method of determining livestock ownership comprising inputting an image of a livestock brand whose ownership is to be determined, automatically determining one or more...
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7588598 |
Implant for treating rectocele and a device for putting said implant into place
An implant for treating rectocele and/or prolapsus of the vaginal fornix is thin and flexible and includes a support body from which there extend at least two upper suspension stabilizers disposed...
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7585271 |
Implantable devices and methods for treating urinary incontinence
In general, the invention is directed to treatment of urinary incontinence by the implantation of one or more bulking prostheses proximate to a urethral sphincter. These bulking prostheses, which...
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7582053 |
Control of urge incontinence
A device ( 20 ) for treatment of a patient's urinary incontinence, including a sensor, ( 44 ), which generates a signal responsive to a physiological characteristic indicative of a likelihood of...
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7566297 |
Electroactive polymer based artificial sphincters and artificial muscle patches
Provided are artificial muscle patches, which are adapted to be implanted adjacent a patient's heart, and artificial sphincter cuffs, which are adapted to be implanted around a body lumen, such as...
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7559885 |
Implantable sling for the treatment of incontinence and method of using the same
An implantable sling for the treatment of male or female incontinence and method of implementing the same. The sling comprises a urethral support portion and at least one anchoring portion...
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7556598 |
Dissolvable protective treatment for an implantable supportive sling
The invention provides, in one embodiment, a sling assembly including an implantable supportive sling and a biocompatible dissolvable protective treatment on at least a portion of the sling.
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7517313 |
Implantable article and method
An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral...
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7513865 |
Flattened tubular mesh sling and related methods
The invention generally relates to surgically implantable supportive slings. More specifically, in various embodiments, the invention is directed to multilayer mesh slings formed from a tubular...
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7476195 |
Body fluid flow control device
An implantable apparatus and a method for controlling fluid flow within a host body, for example for use as an incontinence device. A constricting member is provided for reducing fluid flow within...
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7470228 |
Method of treating benign hypertrophy of the prostate
Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient with benign hypertrophy of the prostate, comprising providing a compressible attenuation device that is moveable from a first, introduction...
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7465270 |
Expandable surgical implants and methods of using them
Disclosed herein are expandable surgical implants that may be expanded one or more times by directly or indirectly uncinching one or more expansion loops. Use of the expandable surgical implant...
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7458930 |
Artificial sphincter with variable viscosity fluid-filled collar
Systems and methods for supplementing control of an anatomical sphincter. A collar containing variable viscosity fluid surrounds a portion of an anatomical conduit. The flow of bodily fluids...
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7455690 |
Methods for controlling the internal circumference of an anatomic orifice or lumen
A method for controlling the circumference of internal anatomic passages corrects physiologic dysfunctions resulting from a structural orifice or lumen which is either too large or too small....
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7445623 |
Occlusive device for medical or surgical use
The present invention relates to an occlusive device for medical or surgical use, having a hollow, axial twist deformable cylindrical element ( 1 ) designed to create a striction zone, and...
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7431690 |
Implantable sling for the treatment of male incontinence and method of using the same
An implantable sling for the treatment of male incontinence and method of Implementing the same. The sling comprises a urethral support portion and at least one anchoring portion extending...
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7422557 |
Needle design for male transobturator sling
Described are surgical instruments for use in surgical procedures, related methods, systems, and kits, the instruments including features that optionally include one or more specific dimensions,...
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7410460 |
System for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum
Self-anchoring slings and deployment mechanisms for use therewith in selectively positioning a sling into position within the body. According to a preferred embodiment, the sling comprises an...
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7407480 |
Method and apparatus for correction of urinary and gynecological pathologies, including treatment of incontinence cystocele
Surgical articles, implants and components suitable for female pelvic health procedures are described.
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7402133 |
Spacer for sling delivery system
The invention features systems, methods, and devices relating to delivering a sling to an anatomical site in the body of a patient.
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7393320 |
Pelvic floor health articles and procedures
Articles and procedures for preventing or treating vaginal prolapse, urinary incontinence, and other disorders of the pelvic floor.
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7393319 |
Implantable sling having bladder support
Surgical implants operative to simultaneously function as a pubovaginal sling for the treatment of incontinence and as a support member to effectuate cystocele repair. The implant comprises a first...
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7390324 |
Magnetic retrieval device and method of use
Apparatus and method for retrieving a remotely located device equipped with a magnetic coupler is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic coupling carried at an end of an elongate member for...
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7387603 |
Incontinence treatment device
A device and method for treatment of urinary stress incontinence. At least one electrode is implanted in a pelvic muscle of a patient. A control unit receives signals indicative of abdominal stress...
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7384390 |
Method and apparatus for treating incontinence
An improved method, system and arrangement for treatment of urinary incontinence is disclosed, in which a portion of innervated smooth muscle ( 2 ) is transplanted and disposed around the urethra...
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7381180 |
Implantable devices and methods for treating fecal incontinence
In general, the invention is directed to treatment of fecal incontinence by the implantation of one or more bulking prostheses proximate to an anal sphincter. These bulking prostheses, which may...
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7364541 |
Systems, methods and devices relating to delivery of medical implants
Implant delivery systems are disclosed. In general overview, an exemplary system includes any number of the following: a delivery device, a sling assembly, guide members, and connectors that...
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7364540 |
Implantable device and method for adjustably restricting a body lumen
An implantable device and method for adjustably restricting a selected body lumen such as the urethra of a patient to treat urinary incontinence. The device includes an expandable element or...
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7361138 |
Bioabsorbable casing for surgical sling assembly
The invention provides a surgical sling assembly for implanting in tissue to provide anatomical support in a patient. The surgical sling assembly includes a sling and a biocompatible casing...
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7351197 |
Method and apparatus for cystocele repair
A method for cystocele repair comprising the steps of: establishing four pathways in tissue around a bladder of a patient, introducing a strap into each of said pathways, and positioning beneath...
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7351196 |
Incontinence strip for treating urinary incontinence
The invention relates to a an incontinence strap ( 66 ) for treating urinary incontinence, in particular, urinary incontinence in females, that is configured such that it is flexible.
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7347813 |
Surgical instrument for treating female urinary incontinence
A surgical assembly and method for treating female urinary incontinence. The assembly includes a substantially flat, flexible tape having first and second ends, wherein at least a portion of the...
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7344505 |
Barriers and methods for pressure measurement catheters
Methods and apparatus of the present invention provide viscoelastic barrier materials for use as barriers in devices such as pressure measurement catheters. Improved barrier materials sometimes...
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7338432 |
Urethral sling introducer and method of use
A method and sling introducer ( 10 ) for installing a sub-urethral sling tape ( 100 ) through a vaginal incision wherein, the sling introducer ( 10 ) includes an instrument unit ( 11 ) having an...
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7322978 |
Bone anchors for use in attaching soft tissue to a bone
Improved bone anchors are disclosed for anchoring one or more sutures attached to soft tissue to a bone. The bone anchor has an anchor body that extends between a distal and a proximal end. A bore...
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7318801 |
Method for treating fecal incontinence
A method for treating fecal incontinence in a body of a mammal having a rectum formed by a rectal wall extending to an anus wherein the rectal wall includes a sphincter muscle surrounding the anus....
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7314443 |
Implantable device
An implantable device comprising: a stepper motor; a moveable member, moveable by the stepper motor; and an oscillator, wherein the oscillator is influenced by a signal derived from or supplied to...
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7309310 |
Treatment for gastroesophageal disease
A system includes an implantable polymer for increasing the dimensions of layers of tissue. In one embodiment, the implantable polymer is delivered transorally using an endoscope and an injection...
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7303525 |
Surgical article and methods for treating female urinary incontinence
A sling assembly including a surgical sling configured to be implanted during a surgical sling procedure. The sling includes first and second regions and a central portion. The sling assembly...
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7297102 |
Minimally invasive medical implant and insertion device and method for using the same
A medical implant and method for implantation of the same. One embodiment is an implant for use in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence that includes an implantable, elongated tape having a...
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7291104 |
Surgical articles and methods
Surgical instruments, implantable articles and surgical procedures disclosed for treating medical disorders, particularly incontinence. Improved surgical sling procedures are disclosed. Novel...
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7273448 |
Male urethral prosthesis
The present invention provides a urethral prosthesis including a substrate, an inflatable pillow attached to the substrate, a pressurized reservoir in fluid communication with the pillow and a...
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7267645 |
Surgical instrument and method
An apparatus and method of use are disclosed to treat urological disorders. The invention is a repositionable handle for an arcuate needle configured to be minimally invasive. The invention is for...
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7261723 |
Surgical instrument and method for the treatment of urinary incontinence
A surgical assembly is provided including a surgical passer having a wire portion coupled to a handle, with the wire portion having a free distal end, an outer periphery, and at least one recess...
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7258661 |
Stoma plug
An ostomy plug is described comprising first and second chambers having adjacent ends coupled to, and in fluid communication with, each other. The first chamber may be for insertion into a stoma....
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7249601 |
Method for vascular occlusive therapy
A method for treating a blood vessel in a wall forming a gastrointestinal tract of a body of a mammal. A solution is introduced from the gastrointestinal tract into the vessel. A nonbiodegradable...
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