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US 10,702,364 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.
Claims19
A method for making a surgical attachment device comprising:
- removing antigenic compounds from a first biologic layer;
- forming a biologic sheet from the first layer, wherein the biologic sheet has a first end and a second end;
- stitching a first leader through the biologic sheet, wherein the first leader comprises a first synthetic material and wherein the first leader extends from the first end, across the sheet to the second end, and across the sheet to the first end, wherein the first end is opposite the second end, and wherein the first leader has a straight and/or curved shape;
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- stitching a second leader through the biologic sheet across the first leader, wherein the second leader extends from a first edge of the sheet across the sheet to a second edge of the sheet, wherein the first edge of the sheet is opposite the second edge of the sheet, wherein the first edge of the sheet and the second edge of the sheet extend between the first end and the second end, and wherein at least a length of the second leader has a zig-zag shape that crosses over the first leader.
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A method for making a surgical attachment device comprising:
- removing antigenic compounds from at least part of a biologic sheet;
- stitching a first leader through the biologic sheet, wherein the stitching of the first leader comprises stitching at least a length of the first leader in a sinusoidal and/or zig-zag shape along the plane of the sheet, wherein the first leader extends from a first end of the sheet, across the sheet to a second end of the sheet, and across the sheet to the first end of the sheet, and wherein the first end of the sheet is opposite the second end of the sheet;
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- stitching a second leader through the biologic sheet, wherein the stitching of the second leader comprises stitching at least a length of the second leader in a sinusoidal and/or zig-zag shape along the plane of the sheet, and wherein the second leader extends from a first edge of the sheet across the sheet to a second edge of the sheet, wherein the first edge of the sheet is opposite the second edge of the sheet, wherein the first third edge of the sheet and the second edge of the sheet extend between the first end of the sheet and the second end of the sheet, and wherein at least a portion of the length of the second leader changes direction at least twice between two adjacent portions of the first leader.
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A method for making a support device comprising:
- stitching a first leader through a biologic sheet, and wherein the stitching of the first leader comprises stitching at least a length of the first leader in a sinusoidal and/or zig-zag shape between a first end and a second end of the sheet;
- stitching a second leader through the biologic sheet, wherein the stitching of the second leader comprises stitching the second leader in a sinusoidal and/or zig-zag shape in the sheet, and wherein the second leader extends from a first edge of the sheet across the sheet to a second edge of the sheet, wherein the first edge of the sheet is opposite the second edge of the sheet, wherein the first third edge of the sheet and the second edge of the sheet extend between the first end of the sheet and the second end the sheet, wherein the second leader changes direction between two adjacent portions of the first leader, and wherein the second leader extends over the two adjacent portions of the first leader;
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- cutting a pattern out of the biologic sheet, wherein cutting comprises cutting the first leader stitched in the sheet and the second leader stitched in the sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.