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US 6,287,316 B1Granted
Knitted surgical mesh
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsVishvaroop Agarwal, Robert Dougherty
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Abstract
A knitted surgical mesh formed from a yarn. The knitted mesh has from 18 to 24 courses per inch and from 5 12 to 16 wales per inch, a flexibility of from 400-950 mg-cm/cm, a burst strength greater than 175 pounds per square inch, and a pore size percentage greater than 37%.
Claims15
A knitted surgical mesh comprised of a knitted yarn, the knitted mesh having from 19 to about 24 courses per inch and from 12 to 16 wales per inch two bar warp knit construction with a bar pattern set-up of back bar 1/0, 2/3;
- front bar 1/2, 1/0, wherein the mesh has a burst strength from 210 to 250 pounds per square inch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.