Patent ID: 7713187

Claim:
A delivery device for delivering a supportive sling to periurethral tissue of a patient via an obturator foramen of the patient, the delivery device comprising, a handle, a shaft having a first curved portion and terminating in a substantially conical tip at a distal most end, a transitional portion for affixing a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the handle, the transitional portion including a first and second substantially straight sections, the first straight section extending from the distal end of the handle and having an outside diameter greater than an outside diameter of the proximal end of the shaft, and the second substantially straight section having a distal end axially adjacent to the proximal end of the shaft and having a diameter that decreases distally; and a transitional curved section located between said first and second substantially straight sections, wherein said transitional curved section has a constant diameter.