Template for surgical meshes
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsGene W. Kammerer, Peter Komarnycky
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Various surgical assemblies are provided, one embodiment of which includes a substantially flat template having first and second opposed sides, and having a plurality of graduated markings on said first side, and a substantially flat, flexible, surgical implant removably secured to the template and having first and second substantially flat opposed sides, and at least a first trimable portion. The surgical implant is removably coupled to the template so that the first side of the template is substantially adjacent to the first side of the surgical mesh, and so that the plurality of graduated markings are substantially adjacent to the first trimable portion of the surgical implant.
Claims12
A surgical assembly comprising:
- a substantially flat template having first and second opposed sides, and having a first set and a second set of a plurality of graduated markings extending respectively in first and second directions at first and second different locations on said first side;
- and
- a substantially flat, flexible, surgical implant removably secured to the template and having first and second substantially flat opposed sides, the implant further being adapted for implantation within a patient to treat a pelvic floor defect, urinary incontinence or fecal incontinence, and including a central body portion and at least first and second substantially straight, trimable extension portions extending outwardly therefrom and each having a width less than a width of the central body portion and a length,
- wherein the surgical implant is removably coupled to the template so that the first side of the template is substantially adjacent to the first side of the surgical implant, wherein the template is sufficiently rigid so as to remain substantially flat when held by a user, and is adapted to be uncoupled from the surgical implant prior to surgical implantation, and wherein when so removably coupled, the first and second sets of graduated markings are substantially aligned along and measure the length of the first and second trimable extension portions respectively.
A surgical assembly comprising:
- a substantially flat template having a first surface;
- a substantially flat, flexible surgical implant having a first surface positioned substantially adjacent to the first surface of the template, and having a central body portion and first and second substantially straight trimable extension portions extending outwardly therefrom and each having a width less than a width of the central body portion and a length, the surgical implant being removably secured to the template;
- first and second means for measuring the length of the first and second trimable extension portions of the surgical implant on the first surface of the template;
- and
- means for removably securing the surgical implant to the template,
- wherein the first and second means for measuring are aligned along the length of the first and second trimable extension portions respectively, and wherein the template is sufficiently rigid so as to remain substantially flat when held by a user, and wherein the surgical implant is adapted to be uncoupled therefrom prior to surgical implantation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.