Patent ID: 8617046
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of treating fecal incontinence or levator ballooning, comprising: making a perineal incision in a patient; placing through the perineal incision a first strip of spring-like mesh material proximate, generally parallel to, and longitudinally along the levator ani muscles to support the levator ani muscles, wherein the first strip of mesh is not placed in a position directly abutting the levator ani muscles; and placing a second strip of spring-like mesh material proximate, generally parallel to, and longitudinally along the levator ani muscles to support the levator ani muscles, wherein the second strip of mesh is not placed in a position directly abutting the levator ani muscles such that the second strip of mesh is physically separate from and not connected to the first strip of mesh or any distal mesh materials.