Abstract: A method of repairing a pelvic floor disorder and a system for carrying out the method are provided. The method is effected by positioning an imaging device in an abdominal, rectal, perianal or vaginal cavity, advancing a surgical instrument through a vaginal wall under guidance of the imaging device to thereby reach a target tissue and using the surgical instrument to attach the tissue repair device to the target tissue.

Abstract: A method of repairing a pelvic floor disorder and a system for carrying out the method are provided. The method is effected by positioning an imaging device in an abdominal, rectal, perianal or vaginal cavity, advancing a surgical instrument through a vaginal wall under guidance of the imaging device to thereby reach a target tissue and using the surgical instrument to attach the tissue repair device to the target tissue.

Abstract: A method of repairing a pelvic floor disorder and a system for carrying out the method are provided. The method is effected by positioning an imaging device in an abdominal, rectal, perianal or vaginal cavity, advancing a surgical instrument through a vaginal wall under guidance of the imaging device to thereby reach a target tissue and using the surgical instrument to attach the tissue repair device to the target tissue.

Abstract: A method of repairing a pelvic floor disorder and a system for carrying out the method are provided. The method is effected by positioning an imaging device in an abdominal, rectal, perianal or vaginal cavity, advancing a surgical instrument through a vaginal wall under guidance of the imaging device to thereby reach a target tissue and using the surgical instrument to attach the tissue repair device to the target tissue.

Abstract: A surgical device, and a system and method using same are provided. The surgical device includes an elongated device body attached to a dissection head having a tissue biasing mechanism configured for blunt tissue dissection and an element for preventing trapping of tissue within the tissue biasing mechanism. According to still further features in the described preferred embodiments the element for preventing trapping of tissue between the at least one pair of movable jaws is a finger-like extension positioned between the at least one pair of movable jaws.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to an implant (10) for supporting the pelvic floor, the implant (10) consisting essentially of (FIGS. 1, 12, 16, 18): one or more straps (40, 48A, 48B, 48C) having a width of less than 25 millimeter, for anchoring the ends (86) thereof to a pelvis, thereby providing a low-mass implant (10) to avoid mesh related adverse effects.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention may be directed to a needle for surgical threading of a strap of an implant through a tissue, the needle comprising: a trap for trapping the strap to the needle while the needle may be at the accessible side of the tissue; a tip for threading the trapped strap from the accessible side to the opposing side; and a mechanism for releasing the trap, the mechanism driven from the accessible side of the tissue, thereby allowing return of the tip to the accessible side of the tissue while abandoning the strap at the threaded point, thus performing the threading from the accessible side of the tissue.