System for attaching a urethral sling to a suture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6245082
SERIAL NO

09500722

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The invention provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas, and other medical devices through the pubic bone. The driver may be used in connection with a driver frame assembly for proper positioning and stabilization of the driver, and with other devices for creating a cavity in the urethral floor and for positioning medical devices therein. The invention also provides simple connections for attaching a suture to a device within the cavity in the urethral floor or in the vagina, and also for attaching sutures to the pubic bone.

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  • SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Appell, Rodney Shaker Heights, OH 19 1774
Brenneman, Rodney San Juan Capistrano, CA 111 14969
Gellman, Barry N Easton, MA 172 15440
Morin, Armand A Berkeley, MA 25 2408
Pintauro, William Ft. Lauderdale, FL 20 1879
Sauvageau, David Methuen, MA 34 3124

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