US 4,633,873 A · Surgical repair mesh

Abstract

A mesh or fabric, having zero to variable stretch, is made from absorbable or partially absorbable fibers. The mesh or fabric can be either knitted or woven. The fabric is useful in surgical repair.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A stretchable, non-heat set knitted surgical mesh comprising a plurality of filaments, each filament manufactured from a polymer having a glycolic acid ester linkage, said filaments bundled to twisted into a yarn, and said yarn knitted into a mesh.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

06/604,104Filed 26 Apr 1984

Granted

6 Jan 1987

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

D04B 21/00
Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent
A61F 2/0063
Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting…:…
A61F 2/02
Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting…:…
A61L 31/041
Macromolecular materials: mixtures of macromolecular compounds

Abstract

A mesh or fabric, having zero to variable stretch, is made from absorbable or partially absorbable fibers. The mesh or fabric can be either knitted or woven. The fabric is useful in surgical repair.

Surgical repair mesh

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Surgical repair mesh

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