| US 7,611,454 B2 | ||
| Surgical procedure for the treatment of female urinary incontinence: tension-free inside-out transobturator urethral suspension | ||
| Jean De Leval, Louveigne (Belgium) | ||
| Assigned to Universite De Liege, Liege (Belgium); and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Liege, Liege (Belgium) | ||
| Filed on May 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/854,140. | ||
| Application 10/854140 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/628251, filed on Jul. 29, 2003, granted, now 7,204,802. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/406674, filed on Aug. 29, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/419967, filed on Oct. 22, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/427213, filed on Nov. 19, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/445817, filed on Feb. 10, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0021086 A1, Jan. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 2/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—30 | 2 Claims |
| 1. A surgical method for treating female urinary incontinence, said method comprising:
identifying a surgical exit point on a horizontal line above the urethral plane where a surgical needle will exit at a thigh
of a patient,
making an incision of the vaginal wall,
performing a para-urethral dissection towards the ischio pubic ramus while avoiding a perforation of the vaginal wall,
inserting a leading tip of a spiral section of the surgical needle into a lateral opening of a hollow tube to cover the leading
tip of the spiral section of the surgical needle while the surgical needle is completely outside the patient, the lateral
opening of the hollow tube being located spaced between a sharp pointed distal end and a proximal end of the hollow tube,
the lateral opening being located 10 to 20 cm from the sharp pointed distal end of the hollow tube, and a tape being bound
to the hollow tube at the proximal end of the hollow tube,
inserting the spiral section of the needle with the tube over the leading tip of the spiral section into the patient,
rotating the spiral section of the surgical needle around the ischio pubic ramus, and
penetrating the previously identified surgical exit point from inside the patient with the leading tip of the surgical needle
and the tube moving from first inside the patient to then outside the patient by a single rotation of the surgical needle.
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