# US 12,109,101 B2 · Prosthetic device adhesive system

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- Number: US 12,109,101 B2
- Document ID: US12109101B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/976,659
- Filed: 2019-03-01
- Published: 2020-12-31
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-01
- Assignees: C.R. Bard, Inc.
- Applicants: C.R. Bard, Inc.
- Inventors: Jonathan Bruce Trexler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109101B2

## CPC

- A61F 2/0063: {Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes}
- A61F 2210/0085: hardenable in situ, e.g. epoxy resins
- A61F 2220/0008: Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body
- A61F 2220/005: using adhesives
- A61F 2250/0071: breakable or frangible
- A61F 2250/0097: Visible markings, e.g. indicia
- 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)

## Abstract

An implantable prosthesis and a method of attaching the prosthesis to a tissue structure disclosed. The prosthesis includes a body having a first side arranged to face the tissue structure having a defect and second side opposite the first side. One or more adhesive-filled pods are disposed on the first side of the body and selectively openable to supply an adhesive in between the tissue structure and the first side of the prosthesis body after the prosthesis body is positioned relative to the defect. The pods may be pierced, punctured, broken, and/or ruptured to supply the adhesive. A deployment device having a piercer may be used to puncture the pods.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An implantable prosthesis for repairing a soft tissue defect, the implantable prosthesis comprising:
a prosthesis body having a first side arranged to face a tissue structure having a defect and second side opposite the first side;
one or more adhesive-filled pods disposed on the first side of the body, the one or more adhesive filled pods being selectively openable to supply an adhesive, wherein the one or more pods include individual first and second pods having outer surfaces, wherein the outer surface of the first pod is positioned in contact with the outer surface of the second pod.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the one or more pods include first and second pods, wherein the first pod is filled with a base resin and the second pod is filled with a least one of an actuator and a hardener.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the one or more pods are positioned at or near a periphery of the prosthesis body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the one or more pods are positioned in a central region of the first side of the prosthesis body.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the first pod is stacked on top of the second pod relative to the first side of the body.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the first and second pods are the same size.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the first and second pods are different sizes.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the one or more pods are selected from a group consisting of pierceable, breakable, puncturable and burstable pods.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the one or more pods includes an adhesive material encapsulated in a non-adhesive material.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 9, wherein the non-adhesive material includes a bio-resorbable material.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The implantable prosthesis of claim 1, in combination with a deployment device arranged to selectively open the one or more pods.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The combination of claim 11, wherein the deployment device includes a surgical instrument.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The combination of claim 11, wherein the deployment device includes a piercer arranged to pierce the one or more pods.