Adjustable tissue support member
AssigneeC. R. Bard, Inc.
InventorsDoug Evans, Henry Holsten
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Abstract
A tissue support system including an implantable tissue support member is described. The tissue support member includes a tissue support portion, a first arm having a first end joined to a first end of the tissue support portion, a second arm having a first end joined to a second end of the tissue support portion, the second arm defining a lumen, a first tissue anchor fixed to a second end of the first arm, a second tissue anchor slidably positioned over the second arm, and a locking member disposed in the lumen of the second arm between the second tissue anchor and a second end of the second arm.
Claims20
A tissue support system including an implantable tissue support member comprising:
- a tissue support portion;
- a first arm having a first end joined to a first end of the tissue support portion;
- a second arm having a first end joined to a second end of the tissue support portion, the second arm defining a lumen, the second arm being formed from a tubular knit construction of a mesh material;
- a first tissue anchor fixed to a second end of the first arm;
- a second tissue anchor slidably positioned over the second arm;
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- a locking member disposed in the lumen of the second arm between the second tissue anchor and a second end of the second arm.
A tissue support system including an implantable tissue support member comprising:
- a tissue support portion;
- a first arm having a first end joined to a first end of the tissue support portion;
- a second arm having a first end joined to a second end of the tissue support portion, the second arm defining a lumen;
- the tissue support portion, the first arm, and the second arm constructed from a unitary tubular mesh member;
- a first tissue anchor fixed to a second end of the first arm;
- a second tissue anchor slidably positioned over the second arm;
- and
- a locking member disposed in the lumen of the second arm between the second tissue anchor and a second end of the second arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.