Patent ID: 8790240
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of treating urinary incontinence comprising implanting a surgical sling in a patient via a vaginal cavity, comprising: slidably interfitting a first push tube into a first dilator tube, the first dilator tube being disposed at an end of a sling assembly; slidably interfitting the first push tube onto an end of a shaft of a delivery device; inserting the shaft transvaginally through a vaginal wall of the patient; removing the shaft from the patient to implant a portion of the sling assembly in periurethral tissue of the patient; slidably interfitting a second push tube into a second dilator tube, the second dilator tube being disposed at a second end of the sling assembly; slidably interfitting the second push tube onto the end of the shaft of the delivery device; inserting the shaft transvaginally through the vaginal wall of the patient; and removing the shaft from the patient to implant a second portion of the sling assembly in periurethral tissue of the patient.