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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Inventor:
James Browning, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0068 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical implant is provided for implantation into a body of a patient to treat a vaginal prolapse in the patient. The surgical implant is made of non-absorbable material and includes a knitted mesh having a mass density of less than 25 g/m. The knitted mesh includes polypropylene strands having a diameter of less than about 600 μm, major spaces located between adjacent ones of the strands, the major spaces having a width of from about 1 mm to 10 mm, and pores located within the strands, the pores having a diameter of from about 50 μm to 200 μm. The knitted mesh is secured in place to treat the prolapse.