Implantable sling for the treatment of incontinence and method of using the same

Abstract

A method of treating urinary incontinence is disclosed including anchoring an incontinence treatment device in a patient by securing anchor portions of the incontinence treatment device relative to a first ramus associated with a first obturator foramen and a second ramus associated with a second obturator foramen of the patient.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of treating urinary incontinence, the method comprising:
 providing an incontinence treatment device having a support portion attached on a first side to a first anchor portion and attached on a second side to a second anchor portion;   making an incision and exposing a bulbar urethra of a patient;   employing a first introducer tool and directing an end of the first anchor portion of the incontinence treatment device through the incision and through a first obturator foramen of the patient;   employing a second introducer tool and directing an end of the second anchor portion of the incontinence treatment device through the incision and through a second obturator foramen of the patient;   applying tension to at least one of the first anchor portion and the second anchor portion of the incontinence treatment device and thereby applying compression to the bulbar urethra of the patient with the support portion of the incontinence treatment device; and   anchoring the incontinence treatment device in the patient by securing the first anchor portion of the incontinence treatment device near a first ramus associated with the first obturator foramen of the patient and securing the second anchor portion of the incontinence treatment device near a second ramus associated with the second obturator foramen of the patient.