Patent ID: 8926497
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An incontinence treatment device comprising: a non-porous sling; a first anchor; a first line attached to a first end of the non-porous sling and coupled to the first anchor; a second anchor provided with a channel formed through the second anchor and including a restrictor segment provided in the channel; and a second line attached to a second end of the non-porous sling and inserted through the channel of the second anchor, the second line including an adjustment device attached to the second line; wherein the restrictor segment is configured to resist movement of the adjustment device through the channel; wherein the adjustment device is movable through the channel from a first position that locates the adjustment device between the second anchor and the non-porous sling to a second position that locates the second anchor between the adjustment device and the non-porous sling to thereby reduce an effective length of the non-porous sling between the first and second anchors.