Flat implant, particularly a hernia mesh

US8414601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Abele · Alfdorf, DE
• Franz-Josef Kupferschmid · Tuttlingen, DE
• Erich Odermatt · Schaffhausen, CH
• Erhard Müller · Stuttgart, DE
• Hans-Gerd Schmees · Wannweil, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/29
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A flat implant, particularly a hernia mesh, has the form of a textile net having an opening and made from non-resorbable monofilament yarns. The net includes yarns of different thicknesses which run parallel to each other.