Patent ID: 9451944
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of implanting a support in a patient, the method comprising: forming an incision in the patient; dissecting tissue layers away from the incision; providing an anchor, and an anchor introducer that is wearable on a finger, where the anchor introducer includes a shelf and the anchor includes a tissue penetrating barb extending from a flange; wearing the anchor introducer on the finger and positioning the anchor introducer such that at least a distal tip of the finger is available for palpating tissue internal to the patient; attaching the anchor to the anchor introducer by sliding the flange of the anchor relative to the anchor introducer and engaging the flange of the anchor with the shelf of the anchor introducer; inserting the finger that is wearing the anchor introducer into the incision and palpating a tissue landmark inside a pelvis of the patient with the distal tip of the finger; driving the anchor into the tissue landmark inside the pelvis of the patient; moving the finger that is wearing the anchor introducer and detaching the anchor from the anchor introducer; associating the support with the anchor and securing the support to the tissue landmark inside the pelvis of the patient; and removing the anchor introducer from the patient.