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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2004
Patrick Leahy, Dublin, IE;
Patrick Leahy, Dublin, IE;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a device () for use in parietal surgery, in particular for use in laparascopic hernia repair, the device () comprising a body () at one end of which is located a parietal reinforcement implant (), in a collapsed state, the device () including means operate e to expose the parietal surgical implant from within the body, and means operable to urge the parietal surgical implant () into an open or expanded state, once positioned at the site of the hernia, wherein the parietal surgical implant () may be separated from the device (), in order to allow the parietal surgical implant () to be secured against the site of the hernia such as to aid in the healing of same.