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US 10,500,030 B2Granted
Surgical attachment device
AssigneeTELA Bio, Inc.
InventorsE. Skott Greenhalgh, John-Paul Romano
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Abstract
A hybrid medical device that can aid in reconstructive or augmentative surgery of the breast is disclosed. The device can utilize a suitable biological collagen tissue matrix combined with a synthetic material, for example, that can impart a high initial strength to the repair site while permitting proper healing and revitalization of the implanted device.
Claims20
A method for using a surgical attachment device comprising:
- forming the surgical attachment device, wherein forming comprises stitching at least a length of a first leader through a biologic sheet, wherein the first leader comprises a first synthetic material, and wherein the stitching comprises extending at least a length of the first leader from a first edge of the biological sheet across the biological sheet to a second edge of the biological sheet, and across the biological sheet to the first edge of the biological sheet;
- inserting a breast implant into a patient;
- attaching the surgical attachment device adjacent to the breast implant, wherein the surgical attachment device has a first post-implantation configuration and a second post-implantation configuration, wherein when the surgical attachment device is in the first post-implantation configuration, the first leader exerts a first resistive force, wherein when the surgical attachment device is in the second post-implantation configuration, the first leader exerts a second resistive force, and wherein the first resistive force is less than the second resistive force.
A method for using a surgical attachment device comprising:
- forming the surgical attachment device, wherein forming comprises stitching at least a length of a first leader through a biologic sheet, wherein the first leader comprises a synthetic material, wherein the stitching comprises extending at least a length of the first leader from a first edge of the surgical attachment device across the surgical attachment device to a second edge of the surgical attachment device, and across the surgical attachment device to the first edge of the surgical attachment device;
- inserting an implant into a target site, wherein at least part of the target site is in a breast;
- inserting the surgical attachment device into the target site, wherein the surgical attachment device has a first stretched configuration and a second stretched configuration, wherein when the surgical attachment device is in the first stretched configuration, the first leader exerts a first resistive force, wherein when the surgical attachment device is in the second stretched configuration, the first leader exerts a second resistive force, and wherein the second resistive force is more than the first resistive force.
A method for using an implantable support device comprising:
- inserting a support device into a target site, wherein at least part of the target site is in a breast, and wherein the support device comprises at least a length of a first leader stitched through a biological sheet, wherein at least a length of the first leader extends from a first edge of the biological sheet across the biological sheet to a second edge of the biological sheet, and across the biological sheet to the first edge of the biological sheet, wherein the first leader comprises a synthetic material, and wherein the biological sheet comprises a first layer bonded to a second layer, wherein the support device has a first post-implantation configuration and a second post-implantation configuration, wherein the biological sheet is stretched more in the second post-implantation configuration than in the first post-implantation configuration, and wherein the first leader is strained more in the second post-implantation configuration than in the first post-implantation configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.