METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR TREATING THE CASES OF FEMALE ENURESIS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine; medical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: method involves implanting a ribbon into the body on each side of the urethra between the vaginal wall and abdominal wall. The ribbon is drawn above the pubic bone. The ribbon is introduced on both sides of the urethra to make a loop around the urethra. It is arranged on each side of the urethra between the vaginal wall and abdominal wall and stretched by pulling its ends brought outside of the abdominal wall. The ribbon is introduced pulling it inside through two holes produced in soft tissues with needle-shaped member using tubular envelope prefitted on the needle-shaped member. The tubular envelope is left in the hole when pulling the needle-shaped member from the hole in the direction reversed with respect to PIERCE direction. Ribbon is pulled into the hole in the introduced tubular envelope drawing the corresponding end. Then the tubular envelope is removed from the body in the direction of ribbon end. Surgical instrument has implantable ribbon and rod having handle on the first end with curved needle-shaped member on the second end and through hole on the free end with an ear which sizes are enough for passing from the internal surface of the vagina wall above the posterior back side of the pubic bone to the external surface of the abdominal wall. The instrument additionally has removable tubular envelope which dimensions allow the ribbon under implantation, moving through the hole. The removable tubular envelope is fittable over curved needle-shaped member as far as possible from the rod side to the prominent free end of the curved needle-shaped member projecting from the tubular envelope.

EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment; reduced instrument production costs; simplified design.

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