Prosthesis with zigzag seam
AssigneeSofradim Production
InventorGaëtan Romuald
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a prosthesis (1) intended to be implanted at an implantation site, comprising means of information (5) intended to guide the surgeon for performing the implantation of the prosthesis according to a defined arrangement, said prosthesis comprising at least one porous textile (2) having two faces (3,4) separated by a certain thickness, said means of information comprising at least one seam (5) provided in said textile, said seam traversing the thickness of said textile from one face to the other of said textile while preserving said thickness of said textile, said seam defining a zigzag pattern on at least one face of the textile.
Claims9
Prosthesis (1) intended to be implanted at an implantation site, comprising means of information (5) intended to guide the surgeon for performing the implantation of the prosthesis according to a defined arrangement, said prosthesis comprising at least one porous textile (2) having two faces (3, 4) separated by a certain thickness, said means of information comprising at least one seam (5) provided in said textile, said seam traversing the thickness of said textile from one face to the other of said textile while preserving said thickness of said textile, said seam defining a zigzag pattern on at least one face of the textile.
Prosthesis (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said seam (5) also defines a zigzag pattern on the second face of the textile.
Prosthesis (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said means of information comprise a plurality of seams defining a zigzag pattern (5), arranged at specific places of said textile.
Prosthesis (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said textile is a knitted fabric.
Prosthesis (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said seams (5) are formed from threads of biodegradable material.
Prosthesis (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the textile has gaps, pores or spaces, not only at its faces but also in its thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.