GENERIC MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080287732 | NEEDLE INSTRUMENTS AND IMPLANTABLE SLING ASSEMBLY; KITS COMPRISING THESE COMPONENTS; AND METHODS FOR USE - Kits and methods for implanting slings and other implantable materials for repair, reconstruction and repositioning of internal anatomical structures are provided. The kit comprises multiple different curved needle insertion instruments and a sling assembly that is mountable on multiple configurations of insertion instruments, permitting the medical professional to choose appropriate instruments and combinations for carrying out different interventional procedures for placement of the sling assembly. Methods for implanting the sling assembly involve advancing a needle portion of an insertion instrument through at least one of the tubular sleeves attached to the sling assembly until a distal end of the needle protrudes from a distal end of the sleeve; inserting one or both ends of the sling into a patient at a desired location using the insertion instrument; manipulating the insertion instrument to place the sling in a position that supports the internal physiological structure; removing the insertion instrument and the sleeves attached to the sling assembly from the patient; and separating the sling from the sleeves and the insertion instrument, leaving the sling supporting the internal anatomical structure. | 11-20-2008 |
20080287731 | NEEDLE INSTRUMENTS AND IMPLANTABLE SLING ASSEMBLY; KITS COMPRISING THESE COMPONENTS; AND METHODS FOR USE - A sling assembly for implantation in a patient to support an internal physiological structure is provided. The sling assembly includes a length of porous material having a generally longitudinal flat surface and tubular sleeves associated with each end of the porous material, each of the sleeves having an inner passage sized and configured to provide frictional sliding over outer surfaces of an insertion instrument. The sleeves may have multiple slots for passage of insertion instruments, and the sling assembly may be mounted on insertion instruments having various configurations. In general, the sleeve is mounted on a curved needle portion of an insertion instrument by passage of the needle portion through a slot in the sleeve. | 11-20-2008 |