Transobturator surgical articles and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9433487
APP PUB NO 20150038777A1
SERIAL NO

14518159

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A surgical instrument for treating incontinence includes a handle portion elongate along a handle axis and a needle portion connected to the handle portion. The needle portion has a spacer portion along the handle axis, and has a distal end. The needle portion includes a substantially helical portion that is a variable spiral portion, extending from the straight spacer portion. The variable spiral portion is sized and shaped to extend from an incision substantially adjacent the patient's obturator foramen through the obturator foramen along a path in a region between the superior pubic ramus and the inferior pubic ramus. The needle portion has a structure near the distal end that associates the instrument with an implantable material configured to treat incontinence.

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ENDO USA INC1400 ATWATER DRIVE MALVERN PA 19355

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anderson, Kimberly A Eagan, US 87 9053
Mellier, Georges Minneapolis, US 16 1481
Neisz, Johann J Coon Rapids, US 72 10469
Watschke, Brian P Minneapolis, US 100 4563

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