Patent ID: 7811223

Claim:
A method for supporting vaginal tissue, the method comprising providing an implant comprising a tissue support portion two end portions extending from the tissue support portion, and a dilator at a distal end of each end portion, the dilator being capable of engaging an insertion tool so the insertion tool is capable of pushing the dilator through tissue, providing an insertion tool comprising a distal end that is capable of engaging at least one of the dilators, creating a vaginal incision, placing the tissue support portion through the vaginal incision and in contact with vaginal tissue in a position to support the vaginal tissue, producing a tissue path between a region surrounding vaginal tissue, past the rectum, and to a coccyx region proximal to the coccyx bone, the coccyx region bounded by an upper edge of a sacrospinous ligament, a tip of a coccyx bone, a point approximately 2.5 centimeters lateral to the tip of the coccyx bone, and an ischial spine, engaging a distal end of the insertion tool with a dilator, and using the insertion tool to push the dilator through tissue to extend the end portion through the tissue path.