Kit for levator avulsion repair

Abstract

Described are implants, kits, systems, and methods, for treating pelvic conditions such as levator avulsion, by placing an implant between an anterior incision and a posterior incision to support the levator tissue.

1 - 13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . A kit for treating a levator avulsion, the kit comprising:
 an implant comprising a support portion and two end portions extending from the support portion,   two insertion tools comprising a needle comprising a helical curve, and   one insertion tool comprising a needle comprising a two-dimensional curve.   
     
     
         15 . A kit according to  claim 14  comprising:
 an implant comprising a support portion and two end portions extending from the support portion, 
 two insertion tools comprising a needle comprising a helical curve, and 
 two insertion tool comprising a needle comprising a two-dimensional curve. 
 
     
     
         16 . A kit according to  claim 14 , wherein the two needles comprising helical curves comprise different curves, one curve capable of creating a tissue path between a patient's left obturator foramen and a region of a levator avulsion on a patient's left side, the other curve capable of creating a tissue path between a patient's right obturator foramen and a region of a levator avulsion on a patient's right side. 
     
     
         17 . A kit according to  claim 14  comprising two insertion tools comprising a needle comprising a two-dimensional curve, each needle having a similar curve, each needle being capable of creating a tissue path between a perirectal incision and a region of a levator avulsion. 
     
     
         18 . A kit according to  claim 14  comprising four elongate implants. 
     
     
         19 . A kit according to  claim 18 , wherein each if the four elongate implants comprises two connectors, one connecter attached to an end of an implant, each connector being capable of engaging an end of a needle. 
     
     
         20 . A kit according to  claim 19 , wherein each implant is a mesh strip having a width in the range from 1 to 3 centimeters and a length in a range from 20 to 40 centimeters. 
     
     
         21 . A kit according to  claim 14  wherein the implant is a mesh strip having a width in the range from 1 to 3 centimeters and a length in a range from 20 to 40 centimeters. 
     
     
         22 . A kit according to  claim 21  wherein the implant comprises a sheath extending along a length of the mesh strip. 
     
     
         23 . A kit according to  claim 14  wherein the implant is a mesh strip having a width in the range from 1 to 3 centimeters and a length in a range from 20 to 40 centimeters, the kit further comprising a second mesh strip implant having a width in the range from 1 to 3 centimeters and a length in a range from 20 to 40 centimeters. 
     
     
         24 . A kit according to  claim 23  wherein the implant comprises a sheath extending along a length of the mesh strip and the second implant comprises a sheath extending along a length of the mesh strip.