Johnson & Johnson Medical Gmbh

Aida Astani-Matthies

Dajana Kaiser

Burkhard Peters

Thorsten Deichmann

Andrea Hennemann

Christoph Walther

Birgit Hartkop

A surgical implant adapted for repairing a tissue or muscle wall defect comprises an areal, flexible basic structure which defines a primary region and at least one arm starting from the primary region and having a free end and an end area extending up to the free end. The arm is folded back and fixed (e.g. welded, sutured or glued), in its end area, to the primary region of the basic structure. Preferably, the basic structure is made from one piece and comprises a mesh.

Surgical implant

A surgical implant () adapted for repairing a tissue or muscle wall defect comprises an outer section () and an inner section () located in the outer section (), wherein the outer section () and the inner section () are formed from one double-sheet of a flexible basic structure, which preferably comprises a mesh. The implant can be strengthened by reinforcement elements ().

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