Surgical Implant
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsJorg Priewe, Pierre Chantereau, Kerstin Spychaj
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Abstract
A surgical implant (1) comprises a flexible, areal basic structure (2) having a first face (3) and a second face (4) and being provided with pores (6) extending from the first face (3) to the second face (4). An absorbable film layer (10) is placed at the first face (3) of the basic structure (2), is attached to the basic structure (2) and has an outer face (12) facing away from the basic structure (2). An absorbable marker (20) is attached to the outer face (12) of the film layer (10), wherein the marker (20) is adapted to indicate an upside/downside orientation of the outer face (12) of the film layer (10) and to indicate a center area of the basic structure (2).
Claims22
A surgical implant, comprising
- a flexible, areal basic structure having a first face and a second face and being provided with pores extending from the first face to the second face, and
- an absorbable film layer placed at the first face of the basic structure, being attached to the basic structure and having an outer face facing away from the basic structure,
- characterized by an absorbable marker attached to the outer face of the film layer, wherein the marker is adapted to indicate an upside/downside orientation of the outer face of the film layer and to indicate a center area of the basic structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.