Implantable prosthesis for soft tissue repair

An implantable prosthesis for repairing a tissue or muscle wall defect, the implantable prosthesis comprising:

• a patch of repair fabric including a body portion that is constructed and arranged to cover the tissue or muscle wall defect, the patch having an oval shape with a major axis and a minor axis, the patch including an obtuse end portion located on a first side of the minor axis and an acute end portion located on a second side of the minor axis, the obtuse end portion being wider than the acute end portion;
• and
• one or more accessible pockets provided on the patch to facilitate deployment and/or placement of the prosthesis at the tissue or muscle wall defect, all of the accessible pockets provided on the patch to facilitate deployment and/or placement of the prosthesis being located only on the first side of the minor axis and at the obtuse end portion of the patch;
• wherein the one or more accessible pockets includes first and second pockets located on opposite sides of the body portion.