Patent ID: 6695855
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A device for treating a prolapse by vaginal suspension, characterized in that it comprises at least a first unit formed by a first elongate part of a flexible mesh material, a first suture thread connected to a longitudinal end of said first part, and a first suture needle connected to this first thread;wherein the first part has a length which is such that it permits posterior suspension of the vagina at the promontory, the first part comprises, at the end connected to the first suture thread, (i) a distal portion having a width that can cover at least a wide area of the posterior half of the wall of the vagina and that can be sutured laterally in a manner not transfixing the paravagina, and (ii) a concave rounded cut-out formed in a lateral edge of the distal portion, the concave cut-out widening in the direction of the lateral edge, having a radius that corresponds substantially to the base of the vagina, and having dimensions that permits engagement of the first part around the base of the wall of the vagina, over at least a wide area of the posterior half of the wall, while at the same lime leaving the rectum at a sufficient distance so as not to risk compressing the latter; and the first suture thread is connected to the first part such that the thread is offset laterally in relation to said cut-out.