Method and means to attach anchor suture onto mesh implants
US9788827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2250/0097
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Novel stay suture devices and stay suture combinations with meshes are disclosed. The stay suture devices have a clip and a suture. The clip has leg members that are mounted to a hernia mesh implant such that the leg members are locked in a closed configuration. Also disclosed are novel methods of mounting stay sutures to a surgical mesh implant and repairing a body wall defect such as a hernia defect.
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