Patent ID: 8864647

Claim:
A method of treating male urinary incontinence, the method comprising: forming a first incision exposing urethral tissue; inserting a first trans-obturator arm of a support into the first incision and penetrating an obturator foramen with the first trans-obturator arm of the support, the support including a support body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the first trans-obturator arm extending from the support body in a direction of the lateral axis of the support body and a second trans-obturator arm extending from the support body opposite the first trans-obturator arm; inserting the second trans-obturator arm of the support into the first incision and penetrating an obturator foramen with the second trans-obturator arm of the support that is opposite the obturator foramen into which the first trans-obturator arm is penetrated; inserting a first pubic arm of the support into the first incision without making a separate incision for placement of the first pubic arm, the support including a second pubic arm, the first and second pubic arms extending from the support body substantially in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the support body, the first pubic arm laterally spaced from the second pubic arm, the support body having a body length between a first edge of the support that is coincident with the first and second trans-obturator arms to a second edge of the support coincident with an edge of the body located between the first and second pubic arms, each of the first and second pubic arms having an arm length extending from the second edge of the support to the ends of the first and second pubic arms, respectively, the arm length of each of the first and second pubic arms being less than the body length; fixating the first pubic arm by securing a pubic arm attachment mechanism of the first pubic arm that is fixed to an end of the first pubic arm to periosteum tissue that is located lateral to the pubic symphysis; inserting the second pubic arm into the first incision; and fixating the second pubic arm by securing a pubic arm attachment mechanism of the second pubic arm to tissue that is located lateral to the pubic symphysis and on an opposite side of the pubic symphysis to which the first pubic arm is attached.