VAGINAL STENT FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE

摘要

The stent is composed of an external rigid skeleton (1) shaped like an incurving rectangle made of the organically inert substance (Polypropylene). The area in the center or the inside area of the skeleton (1) is filled with a macroporous polypropylene mesh (2) (pores > 78 um). Fixed to each of the four corners of the stent is a surgical thread (3) made of Polydioxanone (PDS) number Zero (1-0) with a swaged on curved needle. The stent is of two different sizes to accommodate variations in vaginal capacity. The large measures: 9 cm in length (4), 5 cm in width (5) and 5 mm in thickness. The small measures: 7 cm in length (4), 3.5 cm in width (5) and 3.5 mm in thickness.