Method of Manufacturing a Surgical Implant Having a Marking
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Medical GMHB
InventorsJenifer Schneidereit, Boris Batke, Barbara Schuldt-Hempe
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Abstract
In a method of manufacturing a surgical implant, a flexible areal basic structure having a first face and a second face is provided. At least one linear marking thread is placed, in a floating manner, onto one of the faces of the basic structure and mechanically fixed (e.g. by stitching) to the basic structure at a first location and at a second location which are spaced from each other. Thereafter, the linear marking thread is thermally fixed to the basic structure in an area between the first location and the second location by a melt-fusing process.
Claims16
A method of manufacturing a surgical implant, comprising the steps of
- providing a flexible areal basic structure having a first face and a second face,
- placing at least one linear marking thread in a floating manner, onto one of the faces of the basic structure and mechanically fixing the marking thread to the basic structure at a first location and at a second location which are spaced from each other,
- thermally fixing the linear marking to the basic structure in an area between the first location and the second location, by a melt-fusing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.