# US 10,864,068 B2 · Method and apparatus for repairing a hernia > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,864,068 B2 - Document ID: US10864068B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/979,160 - Filed: 2018-05-14 - Published: 2018-12-27 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2008-05-07 - Assignees: Davol Inc. - Applicants: Davol Inc. - Inventors: Mordehai Sholev - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864068B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/0063: {Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes} - A61B 17/00234: {for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence)} - A61B 17/0218: {for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0281, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence)} - A61B 17/0281: {Abdominal wall lifters} - A61B 17/0057: {Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect (sutures A61B17/04; closing rectum or urethra near body surface A61F2/0009)} - A61B 17/0401: {Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors (A61B17/0642 takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments A61F2/0811)} - A61B 2017/0417: {T-fasteners} - A61B 2017/0472: {Multiple-needled, e.g. double-needled, instruments} - A61F 2002/0068: {having a special mesh pattern} - A61F 2002/0072: {Delivery tools therefor} - A61F 2002/501: {having an inflatable pocket filled with fluid, i.e. liquid or gas} - A61F 2210/0019: operated at only one temperature whilst inside or touching the human body, e.g. constrained in a non-operative shape during surgery, another temperature only occurring before the operation - A61F 2220/0016: with sharp anchoring protrusions, e.g. barbs, pins, spikes - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A hernia repair device, comprising: an inflatable balloon having an inflation tube, the inflation tube having a proximal end attached to said balloon and a distal end adapted to be extracted from the body, separately from the balloon, via an opening which is smaller than a laparoscopic opening, and a mesh removably attached to said balloon, wherein the inflation tube passes through the mesh. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for delivering a soft tissue repair prosthetic, comprising: an inflatable balloon configured to be removably connected with the soft tissue repair prosthetic and configured to be manipulated into a reduced configuration for insertion into a body, the inflatable balloon having an inflation tube, a first outer inflatable segment, a second outer inflatable segment, and an intermediate inflatable segment positioned between the first outer inflatable segment and the second outer inflatable segment, wherein the intermediate inflatable segment extends substantially in a first direction; and an appendage extending from the intermediate inflatable segment, a distal end of the appendage extending in the first direction, wherein: the inflation tube is attached to the intermediate inflatable segment via the appendage, the appendage has a first end and a second end, the intermediate inflatable segment being at the first end, and the inflation tube extending from the second end, and the appendage terminates at the second end. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the first outer inflatable segment includes an outwardly curving portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the intermediate inflatable segment extends non-linearly. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein a length of the inflatable balloon is greater than a width of the inflatable balloon. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein the length of the inflatable balloon is in the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the inflatable balloon has an asymmetric shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the inflatable balloon is substantially elliptically shaped. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the first outer inflatable segment is connected directly to the second outer inflatable segment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second outer inflatable segments are connected directly to the intermediate inflatable segment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second outer inflatable segments are connected together at two spaced apart locations and are connected to the intermediate inflatable segment at the two spaced apart locations. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising first and second inflatable end segments comprising substantially V-shaped portions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising the soft tissue repair prosthetic removably connected with the inflatable balloon. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein the soft tissue repair prosthetic is formed from a mesh fabric. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The device of claim 13, wherein the inflation tube passes through the mesh fabric. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the inflation tube is flexible. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the appendage is spaced from the first outer inflatable segment and the second outer inflatable segment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the appendage is shorter in length than the intermediate inflatable segment.