Patent ID: 7985174

Claim:
A method for surgically implanting a flat implantable device made of material with a reticular structure for supporting the female pelvic organs, having a central body with a trapezoid shape with small and large bases and four arms, comprising: an anterior portion corresponding to the smaller base of the trapezium, from the ends of which branch off two anterior arms; a central portion corresponding to the central part of the trapezium; a posterior portion corresponding to the larger base of the trapezium, from the ends of which branch off two posterior arms diverging from each other and parallel to the sides of the trapezium; characterized in that the said two anterior arms branch off from the anterior portion in opposite directions and are generally coaxial with each other and generally parallel to said smaller base; and the said central portion has a central hole from which starts a cleft, wherein, when the said device is inserted into the vaginal cavity of the patient by means of vaginal surgery, said method comprises: making an incision extending from the anterior vaginal wall to the posterior vaginal wall; penetrating the tendinous arch of the levator ani through the anterior vaginal wall; bilaterally opening said tendineous arch for about 2 cm; fixing the two anterior arms of the said device respectively on the right and on the left on the said opened tendineous arch; and bilaterally fixing the posterior arms to the sacrospinous ligament or to the iliococcygeal muscle.