Patent ID: 8876693

Claim:
A surgical procedure for repairing vaginal prolapse, including apical descent, cystocele and/or rectocele, in a patient having a vagina with a vaginal apex, and a sacrum, comprising: a) exposing a patient's peritoneum; b) making a peritoneal incision over the patient's sacrum; c) mobilizing the peritoneum; d) incising the patient's vagina and attaching anterior and posterior surfaces of a first biocompatible surgically implantable component, with a truncated stem and first locking element, to the apex of the patient's vagina; e) passing a biocompatible surgically implantable base component having a second locking element at a distal end, and a proximal end, underneath the peritoneum; f) moving the first and second locking elements together into locking relationship; g) anchoring the biocompatible surgically implantable base to the sacrum, so that the first and base components suspend the vaginal apex from the sacrum; and h) closing the peritoneal incision.