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US 2010/0137677 A1Published application
Method for treatment and prevention of parastomal hernias
AssigneeLifeCell Corporation
InventorsEvan Friedman, Elizabeth CERULLO
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Abstract
A method and device for preventing or treating parastomal hernia is provided. The method can include positioning a graft material between a rectus sheath and a rectus abdominus muscle surrounding a stoma.
Claims20
A method of preventing parastomal hernia, comprising:
- selecting a graft material for reinforcement of a stoma site;
- forming an opening in an abdominal wall traversing the rectus abdominus;
- dissecting a space between the rectus abdominus muscle and a rectus sheath of the abdominal wall surrounding the opening;
- inserting the graft material into the space between the rectus abdominus muscle and the rectus sheath;
- passing a portion of a hollow organ through the graft material and the opening in the abdominal wall to form a stoma between the hollow organ and the abdominal wall with the graft material surrounding the hollow organ;
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- attaching a portion of the hollow organ to the abdominal wall to produce an ostomy, the graft material is not actively fixed to the rectus abdominus muscle or the rectus sheath.
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A method of repairing a parastomal hernia, comprising:
- selecting a graft material for reinforcement of a stoma site;
- dissecting a space between the rectus abdominus muscle and the rectus sheath of the abdominal wall surrounding a stoma site;
- inserting the graft material into the space between the rectus abdominus muscle and the rectus sheath to surround the stoma site;
- wherein the graft material is not actively fixed to the rectus abdominus muscle or the rectus sheath.
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A device for repairing or reducing the incidence of parastomal, hernia comprising:
- a dermal matrix material, wherein the material includes an elongated sheet having a substantially central opening, the central opening being formed by two or more elongated slits positioned diagonally across the elongated sheet to form a substantially x-shaped configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.