Flattened tubular mesh sling and related methods
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Bourne, Leonard Pinchuk
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Abstract
The invention generally relates to surgically implantable supportive slings. More specifically, in various embodiments, the invention is directed to multilayer mesh slings formed from a tubular mesh material.
Claims20
A multilayer implantable mesh sling comprising a tubular mesh material flattened to form a mesh top layer including a first plurality of fibers and a top inner side, and a mesh bottom layer a second plurality of fibers and a bottom inner side, the mesh top inner side being positionally fixed to the mesh bottom inner side, and the first and second pluralities of fibers overlapping non-uniformly.
A method for forming a multilayer implantable mesh sling, the method comprising,
- providing a tubular mesh material,
- flattening the tubular mesh material into a multilayer mesh sling having a top layer and a bottom layer, the top layer including a first plurality of fibers and a top inner side, the bottom layer including a second plurality of fibers and a bottom inner side, the mesh top inner side being positionally fixed to the mesh bottom inner side, and the first and second pluralities of fibers overlapping non-uniformly.
A multilayer implantable mesh sling comprising a tubular mesh material flattened to form a mesh top layer including a first plurality of fibers and a top inner side, and a mesh bottom layer including a second plurality of fibers and a bottom inner side, the mesh top inner side contacting the mesh bottom inner side, and the first and second pluralities of fibers overlapping non-uniformly.
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