Patent ID: 9433487
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating urinary incontinence, the method comprising: creating a vaginal incision in a patient adjacent to a urethra, creating an external incision substantially aligned with an obturator foramen of the patient, providing a surgical instrument comprising a needle comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a shaft extending therebetween, connecting an implant for treating urinary incontinence to the surgical instrument, after connecting the surgical instrument to the implant, inserting the distal end initially into a vaginal introitus of the patient and advancing the distal end through the vaginal incision, using the surgical instrument to pass a first end of the implant through the vaginal introitus and into the vaginal incision, advancing at least a portion of the surgical instrument and the implant through the vaginal incision in a direction toward and through an obturator foramen of the patient to advance a first end of the implant from the vaginal incision through the obturator foramen and to the external incision.