Patent ID: 9241779
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. An incontinence treatment system for a male patient, the system comprising: a support having a body, a pair of lateral arms extending laterally from the body and a pair of longitudinal arms extending longitudinally from the body substantially orthogonal to the lateral arms, with a pocket formed at an end portion of each of the longitudinal arms; a brace adapted to couple with the support, the brace including a base portion, a first post extending from the base portion and a second post extending from the base portion, with a first hanger attached to an end portion of the first post and a second hanger attached to an end portion of the second post, and a first slot formed between the end portion of the first post and the first hanger and a second slot formed between the end portion of the second post and the second hanger, with each of the first and second hangers sized to be inserted into the pocket that is formed at the end portion of each of the longitudinal arms; and an introducer and an anchor, the introducer is provided to deliver the anchor through the support and into periosteum tissue over a pubic bone of the pelvis of the male patient, the anchor having an anchor body, a spine projecting radially away from the anchor body, an eyelet attached to a trailing end of the anchor body, and a suture attached to the eyelet; and the introducer having a cannula with a lumen that is sized to receive the anchor body and a slot formed through a wall of the cannula that is sized to receive the spine of the anchor; wherein the spine of the anchor is configured to be fixated under the periosteum tissue and the suture is configured to secure the support in contact with the periosteum tissue.