Patent ID: 8864650

Claim:
A surgical kit comprising: a urethral sling having opposed sling sides and extending between a first sling end adapted to be coupled to a first pubic bone and a second sling end adapted to be coupled to a second pubic bone to fix the urethral sling in a sub-urethral location to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence, the urethral sling having or capable of having a sling opening formed through the sling adjacent the first and second sling ends; at least one bone anchor comprising an anchor body having an anchor body axis and extending between a distal bone fixation mechanism adapted to be attached to pubic bone through an anchor neck having a neck dimension lateral to the anchor body axis to a proximal anchor head having a head dimension lateral to the anchor body axis exceeding the neck dimension, whereby the urethral sling is adapted to be applied against the anchor head to insert the anchor head through the sling opening and engage the sling with the anchor neck; at least one sling retainer having a retainer dimension exceeding the head dimension adapted to be engaged by one of the anchor head and the anchor neck and applied against the urethral sling, the sling retainer comprising a retainer bore having a dimension smaller than the head dimension, the retainer comprising an elastic material and being capable of being stretched to pass the retainer bore over the anchor head to allow the sling retainer to be interposed between the urethral sling and the anchor head to retain the sling attached to the bone anchor; and a sling retainer dispenser comprising: an elongated dispenser a shaft axis and extending from a shaft proximal end to a shaft distal end, the shaft distal end engageable with the bone anchor head for axial alignment of the shaft axis with the anchor body axis; and the at least one sling retainer supported along a length of the dispenser shaft with the retainer bore axially aligned with the shaft axis, wherein the at least one sling retainer is distally moveable along the shaft from the shaft distal end and over the bone anchor head engaged by the shaft distal end.