Patent ID: 8425400
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implant for supporting a urethra of a man for treating urinary incontinence, which implant comprises, two separate elongate flexible first and second strips that are substantially inextensible in a length direction between two opposite ends of each of the first and second strips and that include respective middle portions that are disposed parallel to one another and have respective side edges that are adjacent and face towards one another, the first and second strips being connected to each other at their middle portion so that a width of the implant at the respective middle portions is equal to a combined width of the middle portions of the first and second strips, wherein each of the first and second strips also includes intermediate portions that extend between the middle portion and each of the opposite ends of each strip, wherein the first and second strips are separate from each other along the intermediate portions thereof, the middle portion and the intermediate portions of the first strip have a uniform width and the middle portion and the intermediate portions of the second strip have a uniform width, and a mechanical connection extending transversely relative to the length direction of the first and second strips which connects the middle portions of the first and second strips at at least opposite longitudinal ends of the middle portions of the first and second strips.