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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Seth Gleiman, Branford, CT (US);
Michael Prescott, Hamden, CT (US);
Inventors:
Seth Gleiman, Branford, CT (US);
Michael Prescott, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical mesh includes a patch, a plurality of nesting lugs or beads and a wire interconnecting the plurality of nesting lugs. The plurality of nesting lugs is associated with the patch such that the surgical mesh is movable between a flexible state when there is no tension in the wire and a substantially rigid state when tension is applied to the wire.