SPARC's patented resorbable tensioning suture maintains mesh integrity during placement and allows for intra and immediate post-operative tensioning while reducing sling deformation. ; Benefits; The SPARC Sling System provides many benefits:
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The SPARC system uses a suprapubic approach in which narrow sling carriers are passed from above the pubic bone to the vagina. The sling mesh then is attached to the carriers and pulled into place. A self-fixating polypropylene sling cradles your urethra and gives it support during normal daily activities.
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Anyone Have a Problem with the Sparc Sling? Urology ... HealthBoards Message Boards > Health Issues > Urology > Anyone Have a Problem with the Sparc Sling?
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HealthBoards Bulletin Board; Urology; Bladder Sling/UTI (Page 2) ... As far as the sling, I have a bone scan to do on the 28th of this month. It will show if the infection is in those stiches ... Did you have the SPARC bladder sling???? That is the sling I had placed in 2002 and have been through HELL ever since!! Stacey...
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Suburethral slings such as the Sparc sling, give excellent support and cure of incontinence in this situation. ... The Sparc sling is similar to other tensionless vaginal tapes, but the needles are thinner and are inserted from the suprapubic area in a posterior direction and guided with a finger inserted through a...
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We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all SPARC slings performed from the first procedure in August 2001 through December 2003. ...
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Patent granted for SPARC sling system.; Newspaper article from: Biotech Week ; ... American Medical Systems Receives Patent for Innovative SPARC Sling System.; Business Wire ; ...company received a U.S. patent covering the SPARC(TM) Sling System for curing female stress urinary incontinence.
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Urology, Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 760-762, October 2005, Authors:Marc A. Hodroff; Suzette E. Sutherland; Jyothi B. Kesha; Steven W. Siegel.
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"The SPARC system has been designed to provide a new, potentially safer and simpler option for the placement of a sling," said Doug Kohrs, American Medical Systems (AMS) president and chief executive officer.
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Textile Development Associates, Inc. provides medical textiles for the manufacture of hernia mesh, surgical mesh and other medical devices. We offer various types of mesh and felt designs, We maintain an inventory of our items, so that our customers ... Our fabrics are offered in convenient non sterile roll and sheet sizes,
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