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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2016
Applicant:
C.r. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Tami L. Rathbun, Exeter, RI (US);
Assignee:
C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0068 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0019 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthesis for securing to soft tissue includes a surgical mesh layer and a tissue gripping layer having a tissue gripping element. The surgical mesh layer is attached to the tissue gripping layer. The tissue gripping element may include a primary opening and one or more slits. Tabs defined between pairs of adjacent slits may be moveable relative to the pre-actuation position of the primary opening and/or relative to the surgical mesh layer.