Patent ID: 8142345
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A sling delivery system comprising: an elongated shaft; a sling assembly, including an implantable sling, sized and shaped for providing a urethral platform, and first and second dilator tubes located at first and second sling assembly ends, respectively; wherein the dilator tubes are attached to a sleeve; and first and second push tubes configured on substantially the same axis as the sling assembly ends and each including a first end and a second end and a longitudinally extending through lumen that extends from the first end to the second end of the push tubes, wherein the longitudinally extending through lumen is sized and shaped for slidably interfitting over the shaft; and wherein each of the first and second dilator tubes is sized and shaped for slidably interfitting over the first and the second push tubes.