Patent ID: 7811223
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting vaginal tissue, the method comprising providing an implant comprising providing an insertion tool comprising a distal end that is capable of engaging at least one of the dilators, creating a vaginal incision, placing the tissue support portion through the vaginal incision and in contact with vaginal tissue in a position to support the vaginal tissue, producing a tissue path between a region surrounding vaginal tissue, past the rectum, and to a coccyx region proximal to the coccyx bone, the coccyx region bounded by an upper edge of a sacrospinous ligament, a tip of a coccyx bone, a point approximately 2.5 centimeters lateral to the tip of the coccyx bone, and an ischial spine, engaging a distal end of the insertion tool with a dilator, and using the insertion tool to push the dilator through tissue to extend the end portion through the tissue path.