Patent ID: 6406423
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method for treating urinary incontinence in a woman suffering from urinary stress incontinence, said method comprising at least the following steps:a) forming an opening in the anterior vaginal wall; b) forming two small suprapubic incisions in the abdominal wall, and creating a right track and a left track extending from the abdominal skin to the opening formed in the anterior vaginal wall, by penetrating from the abdominal skin to exit via the opening formed in the anterior vaginal wall; c) using a needle and an intermediate traction element to follow one of the tracks from one of said small suprapubic incisions to the opening formed in the anterior vaginal wall, and following the other track with the needle and optionally an intermediate traction element; d) verifying by cystoscopy that the path of these tracks is outside the bladder and the urethra; e) using a support tape surrounded by a plastic sleeve to follow the tracks by passage under half of the inferior surface of the urethra; f) adjusting the loop formed by the sleeved tape under the inferior surface of the urethra; g) removing the sleeve by pulling towards the outside via the small abdominal incisions; h) leaving the support tape implanted from the first to the second incision, going round the urethra and serving to support the urethra.