Patent ID: 9744016
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. An incontinence treatment system comprising: a urethral support extending between a first endmost end and a second endmost end; a first connector attached to the first endmost end of the urethral support and a second connector attached to the second endmost end of the urethral support, at least one of the first connector and the second connector is a cross-linked polymer connector having a glass transition temperature between 40-70 degrees Celsius, the cross-linked polymer connector stretched to provide a stretched cross-linked polymer connector having a product length; and an energy source; wherein the energy source is adapted to provide energy from an extracorporeal location through intact skin and shorten the stretched cross-linked polymer connector to an implant length that is less than the product length; wherein the cross-linked polymer connector comprises a core having metal particles dispersed in a polymer and an insulating sheath disposed around the core, the insulating sheath having a thermal conductivity that is lower than a thermal conductivity of the core of the cross-linked polymer connector.