Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implantable device configured to treat pelvic organ prolapse
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Application No.: US14715603Application Date: 2015-05-19
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Publication No.: US10064714B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: James Browning
- Applicant: Coloplast A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Humlebaek
- Assignee: Coloplast A/S
- Current Assignee: Coloplast A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Humlebaek
- Agency: Coloplast Corp., Coloplast A/S
- Agent Nick Baumann
- Priority: GB0411360.1 20040521
- Main IPC: A61F6/06
- IPC: A61F6/06 ; A61B17/08 ; A61F2/28 ; A61F2/00 ; A61B17/122 ; A61F2/30 ; A61F6/22

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150282919A1 Implantable device configured to treat pelvic organ prolapse Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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