In collaboration with surgeons from around the world, we pioneered the synthetic sling market with the first mid-urethral tension-free sling, GYNECARE TVT™ Retropubic System Tension-free Support for Incontinence. With more than 17 years of published clinical data, it is the longest studied mid-urethral synthetic sling for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.56 The newest retropubic sling in the GYNECARE TVT™ Family of Products is the GYNECARE TVT EXACT® Continence System, which gives surgeons improved control through enhanced tactile feedback.