US 12,257,136 B2
Medical device and method of delivering the medical device
Peter J. Pereira, Mendon, MA (US); James M. Goddard, Pepperell, MA (US); and Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/831,079.
Application 16/831,079 is a continuation of application No. 14/206,971, filed on Mar. 12, 2014, granted, now 10,639,137.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/779,523, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222163 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); D04B 1/14 (2006.01); D04B 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0045 (2013.01) [D04B 1/14 (2013.01); D04B 1/18 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0037 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
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1. A tubular implant comprising:
a first portion of the tubular implant configured to be attached proximate a sacrum;
a transition region extending from the first portion;
a second portion of the tubular implant extending from the transition region monolithically and including a first section and a second section and two slits provided laterally in the second portion separating the first section from the second section at a proximal end, the two slits extending from the transition region to the proximal end of the second portion, the first section having a first edge that extends linearly and parallel to a first edge of the second section, the first section having a second edge that extends linearly and parallel to a second edge of the second section, the first section being configured to be placed in a stretched configuration and retain such configuration upon the application of heat to the first section; and
a lumen extending through the first portion, the transition region, and the second portion,
wherein the first section is configured to be attached to an anterior vaginal wall, and the second section is configured to be attached to a posterior vaginal wall,
wherein a value corresponding to a biomechanical parameter defining a biomechanical attribute of the first portion and a value of the biomechanical parameter defining the biomechanical attribute of the second portion are different from each other.