Patent ID: 8485963

Claim:
A method of treating urinary incontinence in a male patient, the method comprising: making a perineal incision and dissecting tissue to expose a bulbar urethral complex of the male patient; passing a tip of a first introducer posterior to a first pubic ramus starting from the perineal incision and moving the tip outside-in, medially, and through a first obturator membrane extending over a first obturator foramen of the male patient; attaching a first arm of an implant to the tip of the first introducer and pulling the tip of the first introducer back through the first obturator foramen; passing a tip of a second introducer posterior to a second pubic ramus starting from the perineal incision and moving the tip of the second introducer outside-in, medially, and through a second obturator membrane extending over a second obturator foramen of the male patient; attaching a second arm of the implant to the tip of the second introducer and pulling the tip of the second introducer back through the second obturator foramen; making first and second abdominal incisions above a pubic symphysis of the male patient; passing a tip of a third introducer through the first abdominal incision and through the perineal incision; attaching a first leg of the implant to the tip of the third introducer and pulling the tip of the third introducer back through the first abdominal incision; passing the tip of the third introducer through the second abdominal incision and through the perineal incision; attaching a second leg of the implant to the tip of the third introducer and pulling the tip of the third introducer back through the second abdominal incision; and placing a body member that is connected to the arms and the legs of the implant against the bulbar urethral complex of the male patient.