Patent ID: 9398942
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of emplacing a surgical implant against the anterior urethra of a female subject, the method comprising: (a) providing a surgical implant for maintaining the position of a patient's urethra, the implant comprising: wherein the ratio of the first width to the second width is at least the ratio of the distance between a given human's right and left pectineal ligament to the distance between the given human's right and left periurethral fascia; (b) positioning the distal portion to overlay the subject's proximal urethra; (c) positioning the proximal portion to overlay the subject's anterior bladder and bladder neck and to contact the subject's pelvic sidewall fascia; (d) fixating the distal portion to the subject's periurethral fascia as it enters under the pubic bone with a plurality of interrupted polyglactin sutures; and (e) fixating the proximal portion with a plurality of interrupted sutures to one or more physiologic structures selected from the group consisting of: the subject's endopelvic fascia, the subject's arcus tendineus, the subject's obturator internus, and the subject's pectineal ligament.