cause a urethra support e g 110 to wrap itself around the urethra u of a patient after placement in proximity thereto more particularly the shaping element 216 may be flattened under tension to assume the appropriate configuration of shaping elements 116 a 116 b of fig2 allowing the placement of the urethra support 110 after the urethra support 110 is implanted the constraints holding it in a flattened configuration are removed whereupon the shaping element 216 elastically returns to the shape shown in fig3 thus urging an associated extension e g 114 a into a configuration embracing the urethra u the shaping element 216 may be formed from a heat set polypropylene suture or a nitinol wire with a preset shape fig4 illustrates yet another form of resilient shaping element 316 viz in the form of a single resilient strand of e g nitinol or preset polypropylene with a u201c u u201d shape fig5 illustrates the placement of the urethra support 10 with the tape portion 12 under the urethra u and with a retro pubic passage of the tape ends 12 a and 12 b fig6 illustrates the placement of the tape portion 12 of the urethra support 10 under the urethra u with a trans obturator passage of tape ends 12 a and 12 b fig7 illustrates the placement of the urethra support 10 under the urethra u with the wing extensions e g 114 a wrapping at least partially around the urethra u while a trans oburator passage of the tape ends 12 a 12 b is shown the wrapping effect could accompany a retro pubic passage of the tape ends 12 a 12 b.