Reinforced areal implant

US6966918B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon G.m.b.H. · DE

Inventors

• Barbara Schuldt-Hempe · Bad Bramstedt, DE
• Christoph Walther · Kattendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2005
• Expiry date: May 26, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D10B2509/08
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A reinforced areal implant particularly suitable to the repair of inguinal hernias has a net-type basic structure with a pore size of 1.5 mm to 4.0 mm and comprises textile strengthening elements, whose bending resistance, measured in a three-point flexibility test at a support length of 20 mm, is in the range 0.015 N/mm to 0.4 N/mm. The basic structure preferably contains a non-absorbable material and additionally an absorbable multi-filament yarn.