US 12,290,429 B2
Medical device and method of delivering the medical device
Peter J. Pereira, Mendon, MA (US); James M. Goddard, Pepperell, MA (US); Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US); and Kenneth M. Flynn, Woburn, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/457,252.
Application 16/457,252 is a continuation of application No. 14/204,985, filed on Mar. 11, 2014, granted, now 10,376,351.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/891,186, filed on Oct. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/779,523, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0314128 A1, Oct. 17, 2019
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 2230/006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant comprising:
a first flap formed of a first sheet of material including:
a first portion configured to be attached proximate a sacrum;
a second portion configured to be attached to an anterior vaginal wall, the second portion having a first width, the second portion having a first side edge and a second side edge disposed at an angle with respect to the first side edge, the second portion having an end edge extending between the first side edge of the second portion and the second side edge of the second portion; and
a transition region lying between the first portion and the second portion, the transition region having a second width, the second width of the transition region being substantially the same as the first width of the second portion, wherein a biomechanical attribute of the first portion is configured to emulate biomechanical properties of the sacrum, a biomechanical attribute of the second portion being configured to emulate biomechanical properties of the anterior vaginal wall; and
a second flap formed of a second sheet of material different than the first sheet of material, a portion of the second flap is configured to be attached to a posterior vaginal wall, the second flap having a third width, the third width being substantially the same as the first width,
wherein the first flap is formed of a natural material.