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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Helmut Goldmann, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen/Donav, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
Abstract
A flat implant for use in surgery is described. The implant includes a flexible fabric comprising two sides and having on one side a substantially closed surface and on the other side a three-dimensional microstructure permitting a growing in of cells. The implant can be more particularly used for the treatment of wall defects in body cavities, such as abdominal wall defects.