ZA200604787B - Improved surgical instrument and method for the treatment of urinary incontinence - Google Patents
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- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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| US10/706,559 US7261723B2 (en) | 2003-11-12 | 2003-11-12 | Surgical instrument and method for the treatment of urinary incontinence |
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| US (1) | US7261723B2 (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP1686921B1 (fr) |
| KR (1) | KR101121966B1 (fr) |
| AT (1) | ATE452596T1 (fr) |
| AU (1) | AU2004291049B2 (fr) |
| BR (1) | BRPI0416483B8 (fr) |
| DE (1) | DE602004024819D1 (fr) |
| DK (1) | DK1686921T3 (fr) |
| ES (1) | ES2335669T3 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2005048879A2 (fr) |
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