ADJUSTABLE TENSION INCONTINENCE SLING ASSEMBLIES

摘要

A system for providing support to body tissue to alleviate incontinence in a patient, the system comprising: an elongated incontinence sling having a central support portion adapted to be positioned to support any one of the urethra or anus having first and second sling end portions extending from the central support portion through body tissue; a tension adjustment suture coupled to at least one of the sling end portions between the central support portion and the sling end and the central support portion and extending along the sling end portion past the sling end to a suture free end; and tensioning means comprising an opening coupled to the suture free end and adapted to be implanted subcutaneously to bear against a tissue layer on a side of the patient and allow the suture to be manipulated to release or apply tension through the sling end portion to the central support portion. CN?