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US 8,708,888 B2Granted
Body implantable fabric having closed loop knit
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorChristopher Deegan
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Abstract
A body implantable fabric includes an organ support device separated from a knit material and has a filament forming a chain of loops that extend along a length of the knit material. The chain of loops are coupled together by having each loop suspended by a neighboring loop, and at least one loop in the chain of loops having the filament tied around that one loop to form a closed loop.
Claims12
A body implantable fabric comprising:
- an organ support device formed from a knit material and comprising a first filament knitted into a first chain of loops that are coupled together by having each loop of the first chain of loops suspended by a neighboring loop of the knit material, the filament being tied around individual loops along the first wale to form a plurality of closed loops that configure the organ support device to have a tear resistance of not less than 5 lbf, each of the closed loops including the filament defining an ascending loop segment, a first descending loop segment, a transverse loop segment, and a second descending loop segment, the ascending loop segment passing upwardly from a descending loop segment of a first neighboring loop in the first wale and then curving downwardly to transition to the first descending loop segment, the first descending loop segment then extending downwardly to transition to a transverse loop segment that is tied transversely around the ascending loop segment of the filament, the transverse loop segment then curving downwardly to transition to the second descending loop segment, the second descending loop segment then transitioning into an ascending loop segment of a second neighboring loop in the first wale and positioned opposite the first neighboring loop in the first wale.
A body implantable fabric comprising:
- an organ support device formed from a knit material, where the knit material comprises a first filament knitted into a first chain of loops that extend along a first wale, the first filament being tied around individual alternating loops in the first chain of loops along the first wale to form a first chain of closed loops, and a second filament knitted into a second chain of loops that extend along a second wale, the second filament being tied around individual alternating loops in the second chain of loops along the second wale to form a second chain of closed loops, each loop of the first and second chains of loops being suspended by a neighboring loop of the knit material, each of the closed loops of the first chain of loops including the first filament defining an ascending loop segment, a first descending loop segment, a transverse loop segment, and a second descending loop segment, the ascending loop segment passing upwardly from a descending loop segment of a first neighboring loop in the first wale and then curving downwardly to transition to the first descending loop segment, the first descending loop segment then extending downwardly to transition to a transverse loop segment that is tied transversely around the ascending loop segment of the first filament, the transverse loop segment then curving downwardly to transition to the second descending loop segment, the second descending loop segment then transitioning into an ascending loop segment of a second neighboring loop in the first wale and positioned opposite the first neighboring loop in the first wale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.