Patent ID: 6895972

Claim:
A kit for use in treating female stress incontinence comprising: (a) an incontinence device having a relatively soft, elastomeric shaft with a bladder retention structure at a distal end thereof and a vestibule engaging retention structure at a proximal end thereof; (b) a deployment base member having a finger grip at a proximal end thereof and a first shaft projecting longitudinally from the finger grip, the first shaft including an element at a distal end thereof to engage the device; (c) a deployment tube adapted to receive the incontinence device in a lumen thereof at a time immediately prior to deployment of the incontinence device into the urethra, said deployment tube being slidable over the first shaft for facilitating loading of the incontinence device into said lumen; and (d) a plunger adapted to fit within said lumen for ejecting the incontinence device from the deployment tube into the urethra.