Patent ID: 8678996

Claim:
An incontinence treatment device comprising: a non-porous sub-urethral sling; a first extension member attached to a first end of the sling; a first anchor attached to the first extension member; a first line attached to the first end of the sling and inserted through a bore formed through the first anchor, the first line including a stop device fixed to the first line with the first anchor positioned between the stop device and the sling; a second extension member attached to a second end of the sling; a second anchor attached to the second extension member, the second anchor including a channel formed through the second anchor and a restrictor segment provided in the channel; and a second line attached to the second end of the sling and inserted through the channel, the second line including an adjustment device attached to the second line that is movable through the channel formed through the second anchor; wherein the restrictor segment is configured to resist movement of the adjustment device through the channel; wherein the adjustment device is movable through the channel from a first position that locates the adjustment device between the second anchor and the sling to a second position that locates the second anchor between the adjustment device and the sling to thereby tighten the sling by shortening an effective distance of the device between the first and second anchors.