In women with stress urinary incontinence, pelvic muscles and tissue have been weakened by pregnancy, childbirth, trauma, radiation, prior surgery, muscle damage or hormonal changes, causing the bladder and urethra to relax from their normal positions. The sudden, added pressure from coughing, sneezing, laughing or simple lifting can cause accidental loss of urine.

The MiniArc Precise Single-Incision Sling system helps to correct the conditions that cause stress urinary incontinence with a mesh sling that supports the urethra. A narrow strip of polypropylene mesh is surgically placed in your body to cradle your urethra and give it a point of support. The small, self-fixating tips securely anchor to tissue and muscle in the space surrounding the urethra.