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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Christoph Walther, Kattendorf, DE;
Barbara Schuldt-Hempe, Bad Bramstedt, DE;
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical implant has a mesh-like base structure () and a film (). The film () extends over at least part of the base structure (), is connected to the base structure () in partial regions, and has a coefficient of kinetic friction, relative to rat skin, of not more than 0.25. The film () is preferably absorbable.