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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Jerald M. Crawley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
John M. Herman, Elkton, MD (US);
William D. Montgomery, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Charles F. White, Camp Verde, AZ (US);
Jerald M. Crawley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
John M. Herman, Elkton, MD (US);
William D. Montgomery, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Charles F. White, Camp Verde, AZ (US);
Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
An inguinal hernia repair device in the form of an implantable plug that is affixed at one end to the center region of a sheet of implantable material. The plug takes the form of a plurality of hollow members, arranged so as to be in substantially parallel relationship when implanted into a defect. The hollow members are preferably tubular members and are preferably bundled together by various means, such as bonding or wrapping a band or strand about the plurality of hollow members to maintain them in adjacent and contacting relationship during insertion into a defect. The device is provided with a base member for anchorage made of a composite material having a non-bioabsorable component and a bioabsorbable component.