Patent ID: 7686760
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of treating urinary incontinence in a male patient comprising the steps of: (a) creating a first incision in a position below the male patient's urethra and a pair of pelvic incisions, wherein the pelvic incisions are substantially aligned with the male patient's obturator foramen; (b) providing an elongate surgical instrument and an elongate implant for treating urinary incontinence; (c) passing one of the ends of the instrument through one obturator foramen via one of the pelvic incisions; (d) associating the implant with the instrument; (e) using the instrument to pass the implant through a tissue of the first incision and the one pelvic incision such that the implant extends through the one obturator foramen and one of the pelvic incisions.