Patent ID: 8043204

Claim:
A method of treating urinary incontinence in a patient comprising the steps of: creating a first incision in a position below the patient's urethra, and first and second pelvic incisions, wherein each pelvic incision is substantially aligned with the patient's obturator foramen; associating a first end of an implant for treating urinary incontinence with a first surgical instrument; and passing the first surgical instrument and the first end of the implant for treating urinary incontinence from the first incision through one obturator foramen to the first pelvic incision; associating a second end of the implant for treating urinary incontinence with a second surgical instrument; and passing the second surgical instrument and the second end of the implant for treating urinary incontinence through the first incision and the second pelvic incision such that the implant for treating urinary incontinence then extends from the first pelvic incision to the second pelvic incision, through both obturator foramen and adjacent to the patient's urethra.