Patent ID: 8047983
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for providing support to an anatomical structure of the pelvis, the system comprising: a surgical implant including: an introducer having an elongate shaft and a handle, the elongate shaft having a proximal end at the handle and a distal end, the elongate shaft defining a narrowed portion toward the distal end of the elongate shaft that forms an abutment where the elongate shaft widens from the narrowed portion, the narrowed portion passing through the introducer aperture of the first soft tissue anchor such that the distal end of the elongate shaft protrudes from the distal end of the first soft tissue anchor and the first soft tissue anchor rests on the abutment to limit the first soft tissue anchor from moving further down the elongate shaft of the introducer.