SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

摘要

A method of repairing a pelvic floor disorder and a system for carrying out the method are provided. The method is effected by positioning an imaging device in an abdominal, rectal, perianal or vaginal cavity, advancing a surgical instrument through a vaginal wall under guidance of the imaging device to thereby reach a target tissue and using the surgical instrument to attach the tissue repair device to the target tissue.

主权项

1. A system for repairing a pelvic floor disorder comprising a housing for interconnecting:
(a) an ultrasound transducer configured for positioning in a vaginal cavity for identifying a sacrospinous ligament; and (b) a surgical instrument for delivering a tissue repair device to said sacrospinous ligament through a vaginal wall; wherein said housing includes a guide for aligning a path of said surgical instrument with an imaging plane of said ultrasound transducer such that when said ultrasound transducer is positioned in a vaginal cavity via said housing and said surgical instrument is advanced within said guide, said surgical instrument penetrates through said vaginal wall and into said sacrospinous ligament.