# US 9,750,594 B2 · Soft tissue implants and methods for making same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,594 B2 - Document ID: US9750594B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/853,559 - Filed: 2013-03-29 - Published: 2014-04-10 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2005-09-12 - Assignees: Proxy Biomedical Limited - Applicants: Proxy Biomedical Limited - Inventors: Peter Gingras; Dean King - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750594B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/0063: {Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes} - A61F 2/0077: {Special surfaces of prostheses, e.g. for improving ingrowth (A61F2/30767 takes precedence)} - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract The present invention features soft tissue implants comprising major and minor struts and methods for making same. The implants can includes a biocompatible film that is rendered porous due to the inclusion of uniformly or non-uniformly patterned cells, and the film has a thickness of less than about 0.015 inches in the event the starting material is non-porous and less than about 0.035 inches in the event the starting material is a microporous film. Multi-film implants can also be made. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-woven soft tissue implant comprising a first porous biocompatible film having a plurality of cells and a second porous biocompatible film having a plurality of cells, the thickness of the non-woven soft tissue implant being less than 0.015 inches, wherein the first porous biocompatible film comprises a plurality of major struts that are made of the first porous biocompatible film and have a width of 0.020 inches to 0.100 inches, and a plurality of minor struts that are made of the first porous biocompatible film and have a width of 0.001 inches to 0.024 inches, wherein the second porous biocompatible film comprises a plurality of major struts that are made of the second porous biocompatible film and have a width of 0.020 inches to 0.100 inches, and a plurality of minor struts that are made of the second porous biocompatible film and have a width of 0.001 inches to 0.024 inches. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, wherein the first porous biocompatible film and the second porous biocompatible film consist of the same material or materials. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, wherein the first porous biocompatible film and the second porous biocompatible film consist of different materials. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 3, wherein the first porous biocompatible film or the second porous biocompatible film includes a bioresorbable material and a rate at which the first porous biocompatible film is resorbed within a body is different from a rate at which the second porous biocompatible film is resorbed in the body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, wherein the first porous biocompatible film and the second porous biocompatible film are of substantially the same size and a surface of the first porous biocompatible film adheres to a surface of the second porous biocompatible film. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, wherein the first or the second porous biocompatible film comprises an absorbable polymer or copolymer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, wherein the first porous biocompatible film or the second porous biocompatible film comprises a cell of the respective plurality of cells having a diameter, measured along the longest axis of the cell, of 10 micrometers to 10,000 micrometers; of 1,500 micrometers to 5,000 micrometers; or of 50 micrometers to 100 micrometers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, further comprising a film that increases tear resistance. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, wherein the non-woven soft tissue implant has a tensile strength of at least 10 N/cm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 1, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.014 inches. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 10, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.013 inches. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 11, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.012 inches. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 12, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.011 inches. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 13, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.010 inches. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 14, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.009 inches. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 15, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.008 inches. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 16, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.007 inches. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 17, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.006 inches. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 18, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.005 inches. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 19, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.004 inches. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 20, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.003 inches. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 21, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.002 inches. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The non-woven soft tissue implant of claim 22, wherein the thickness of each of the first and/or second porous biocompatible films is or is less than 0.001 inch.