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US 2016/0120631 A1Published application
Devices and methods for preventing incisional hernias
AssigneePrevent Patch, LLC
InventorJohn W. Murphy
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Abstract
A reinforcement device comprises a sheet of biocompatible material equipped with a plurality of hooks or apertures for reinforcing the closure of a surgical incision, including elongated abdominal incisions. The reinforcement device, when implanted through surgery, reduces the likelihood of and/or prevents incisional hernias. The reinforcement device may be included in a surgical kit.
Claims22
A device for reinforcing closures of abdominal surgical incisions, comprising:
- a sheet of biocompatible material having a longitudinal axis and a horizontal axis;
- a plurality of spaced apart columns of hooks on the mesh sheet running substantially parallel to one another and substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis, the hooks in each column having a common longitudinal distance between each adjacent hook;
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- a reinforcing column of hooks on the sheet between the spaced apart columns of hooks, wherein the hooks in the reinforcing column have a greater common longitudinal distance between hooks than in the spaced apart columns of hooks.
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A device for reinforcing closures of abdominal surgical incisions, comprising:
- a mesh sheet having a longitudinal axis and a horizontal axis;
- a plurality of spaced apart columns of hooks on the mesh sheet running substantially parallel to one another and substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis, the hooks in each column having a common longitudinal distance between each adjacent hook, each hook in the spaced apart columns having an affiliated aperture adapted for use in marking of tissue for placement of sutures;
- a reinforcing column of hooks on the sheet between the spaced apart columns of hooks, wherein the hooks in the reinforcing column have a greater common longitudinal distance between hooks than in the spaced apart columns of hooks;
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- a center region that is an elongated substantially rectangular area that extends from a first edge of the sheet to a second edge of the sheet, the first and second edges being opposite one another and being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sheet, such that the plurality of spaced apart columns comprises a first column on a first side of the center region and a second column on a second side of the center region.
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A reinforcement device for reinforcing closures of abdominal surgical incisions, comprising:
- a mesh sheet having a longitudinal axis;
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- a plurality of spaced apart columns of apertures running parallel to the longitudinal axis, the plurality of columns including outermost columns relative to a center line with apertures having a first diameter and the plurality of columns including innermost columns relative to the center line with apertures having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the first diameter being sized and shaped for marking fascia and the second diameter being sized and shaped for passage suture therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.