Patent ID: 8070672
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument for implanting an implantable material to a pelvic region, the instrument comprising: a handle having a longitudinal axis and an elongate width dimension normal to the longitudinal axis, the elongate width dimension defining a midplane, a needle portion extending from the handle along the longitudinal axis, the needle portion comprising wherein the needle distal end is located at an angle between 20 to 70 degrees from the midplane when viewed along the longitudinal axis; an angle between an axis of the needle end portion and the midplane, the angle being an acute angle defined by a needle tip, an intersection of the axis and midplane, and the longitudinal axis when viewed along the longitudinal axis, is in the range from 30 degrees to 60 degrees; an angle between the axis of the needle end portion, and a circle having an origin at the longitudinal axis and a radius defined by the needle distal end, when viewed along the longitudinal axis, is less than 15 degrees; and the three-dimensional region has a diameter in the range from 1.25 to 5 inches.