Patent ID: 9539078
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for delivering to a patient an implant with a central region and at least four extensions, comprising: associating a first extension of the implant to a first delivery device, the first delivery device having a shaft with a curved distal portion, the shaft including a proximal end portion defining a handle, the handle including a curved shaft portion configured to be grasped by an operator of the first delivery device; securing the first extension of the implant to at least one of a sacrospinous ligament and a levator ani muscle on a first side of a patient with the first delivery device; securing a second extension of the implant to at least one of a sacrospinous ligament and a levator ani muscle on a contralateral side of the patient; associating a third extension of the implant with a second delivery device, the second delivery device having a shaft with a curved distal portion, the curved distal portion of the shaft of the second delivery device being different than the curved distal portion of the shaft of the first delivery device, the shaft of the second delivery device being shorter than the shaft of the first delivery device; delivering the third extension of the implant through an obturator foramen on the first side of the patient with the second delivery device; and delivering a fourth extension of the implant through an obturator foramen on the contralateral side of the patient.