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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Bard Shannon Limited;
Inventors:
Stephen Werner Pankratz, Oakville, CA;
Lahav Gil, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Bard Shannon Limited, Humacao, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2002/009 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delivery device and implantable prosthesis for repairing a soft tissue defect such as an abdominal wall hernia. The delivery device includes a support body that is nested between a first and second layer of the prosthesis. The support body includes a zone of weakness to facilitate collapse of the nested delivery device and prosthesis. A handle extends from the support body and may be used to position the prosthesis as well as to cause the support body to move to a reduced configuration for removal of the support body from the prosthesis.