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US 9,895,212 B2Granted
Devices and methods for preventing incisional hernias
AssigneePrevent Patch, LLC
InventorJohn W. Murphy
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Abstract
A reinforcement device comprises a sheet of biocompatible material equipped with a plurality of hooks or apertures for reinforcing the closure of a surgical incision, including elongated abdominal incisions. The reinforcement device, when implanted through surgery, reduces the likelihood of and/or prevents incisional hernias. The reinforcement device may be included in a surgical kit.
Claims10
A reinforcement device for reinforcing closures of abdominal surgical incisions, comprising:
- a length of structure;
- and
- a mesh sheet having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a plurality of spaced apart columns of apertures running parallel to the longitudinal axis, the plurality of columns including a pair of outermost columns relative to a center line with apertures having a first diameter and the plurality of columns including a pair of innermost columns relative to the center line with apertures having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the first diameter being sized and shaped for marking fascia and the second smaller diameter being sized and shaped for passage of suture therethrough, the second smaller diameter apertures being spaced such that for every 1 cm of a length of an incision required to be closed, about 4 cm of the length of suture is connected to the mesh sheet.
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