Areal implant

US9150987B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brigitte Hellhammer · Quickborn, DE
• Bernhard Hinsch · Hamburg, DE
• Jorg Priewe · Kiel, DE
• Barbara Schuldt-Hempe · Bad Bramstedt, DE
• Christoph Walther · Kattendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3937
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An areal implant comprises a flexible, porous basic structure which is non-resorbable or partly resorbable and which contains non-resorbable colored elements arranged in a stripe-like pattern. Furthermore, resorbable colored elements arranged in a stripe-like pattern are provided.