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US 4,878,890 AGranted
Perihepatic prosthesis
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorJoseph Bilweis
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a perihepatic prosthesis characterized in that it comprises at least one wing constituted of a central part intended to surround a lobe of the liver and a peripheral fixing part, the said peripheral part having a first transverse edge intended to be fixed on the preliminarily sectioned falciform ligament.
Claims14
A perihepatic prosthesis of a supple biodegradable surgical material for haemostasizing a hepatic lobe of a liver, comprising:
- at least one wing constituted of a central part dimensioned in the shape of an isosceles trapezium for surrounding a hepataic lobe of a liver and including
- a first peripheral fixing part comprising the longer base of said trapezium intended to be fixed on a falciform ligament of said liver, said longer base being suitable for substantially surrounding said liver proximate the jointure of said hepatic lobe with a second hepatic lobe of said liver;
- a second peripheral fixing part comprising the shorter base of said trapezium opposing said longer base;
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- first and second lateral edges comprising the non parallel sides of said trapezium and disposed between said longer and shorter bases and being suitable for enclosing said hepatic lobe within said prosthesis along a line extending from said remote end of said hepatic lobe to said longer base.
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