A tissue anchor has a body and an eyelet adapted to receive a length of suture, where the eyelet is formed through the tissue anchor off of a longitudinal axis and off of a vertical axis of the body.

A method of treating urinary incontinence includes providing a device having a cuff configured to coapt a urethra of a patient in treating diagnosed urinary incontinence, a pump, and a tube attachable between the cuff and the pump. The method includes providing the tube with a first lumen separated from a second lumen by a wall internal to the tube, and providing at least a portion of an exposed exterior wall of the second lumen to expand to provide the second lumen with an inflatable storage compartment.

A tissue anchor includes a body having a leading end portion extending from a trailing end portion, a protrusion formed on the leading end portion of the body extending outward in a radial direction, a fin integrated with the leading end portion of the body, a gripping tab removably attached to the fin, and a suture inserted through an eyelet of the fin.

An incontinence device is insertable into and removable from a vaginal canal of a human user to apply pressure upon a urethra. The incontinence device includes a distal body member having a central core, a first arcuate arm on a first side of the central core and a second arcuate arm on a second opposite side of the central core. The first and second arcuate arms flex inward toward the central core into a first compressed position during insertion and expand outward away from the central core into a second in use position to fill the space in the middle and superior thirds of the vaginal canal in order to retain the incontinence device in the vaginal canal. The incontinence device also includes a proximal pressure member extending from the body member for resilient movement relative to the body member; wherein the pressure member applies pressure to support the urethra for controlling incontinence.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for deployment of a modular stent-graft system. In one embodiment, a modular system comprises a first stent graft having a tapered zone, a second stent graft configured for insertion within the first stent graft, the second stent graft comprising a tapered zone, wherein each tapered zone has an angle of taper and the angle of taper of the tapered zone of the second stent graft is substantially the same as the angle of taper of the tapered zone of the first stent graft, and wherein when the second stent graft is disposed within the first stent graft, the tapered zone of the second stent graft conforms precisely to the tapered zone of the first stent graft.

Devices, system and methods for deforming body channels are disclosed herein. At least some embodiments described may be used to deform a body channel so as to decrease or prevent the normal intrachannel flow of material within the body channel. Such deformation may be used to treat such maladies as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

Devices and methods for intra-vaginal bowel control.

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to supportive tissue and adjusting the implant.

A tissue anchor system includes a support, a suture inserted through the support, an anchor having a fin forming an eyelet, where the suture is engaged with the eyelet of the fin. An introducer is provided having a cannula defining a bore sized to receive the anchor and a slot formed in a wall of the cannula, with the slot sized to receive the fin of the anchor.

A system and method for supplying energy to an implanted medical device is disclosed. The system comprises an internal charger having a first coil, an external charged arranged to wirelessly transmit energy to supply the internal charger with energy, the external charger comprising a second coil, and a wireless feedback system arranged to transmit feedback information from the internal charger to the external charger. The feedback information is based on information obtained from at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) transmitter.