Patent ID: 7981021

Claim:
A stress-incontinence treatment device, comprising: a horizontally-oriented proximal portion; and a distal portion that: is contiguous with the proximal portion at an inflection; extends away and downward from the proximal portion at an angle, measured between the proximal and distal portions, in the range of about 100 degrees to about 160 degrees; and comprises a protrusion extending transversely to a plane of the distal portion; wherein: the distal portion is narrower at the inflection than is the proximal portion; and the device is sized and shaped so that, when positioned in the vagina of a standing woman: the proximal portion is supported by the woman's pubococcygeus muscle; the distal portion descends between separated anterior fibers of the woman's pubococcygeus muscle; and the protrusion is positioned to support the woman's urethra at a mid-urethral position.