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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Agency for Science Technology and Research, Connexis, SG;
Sriram Natarajan, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Joseph Hammer, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Kevin Cooper, Flemington, NJ (US);
Murty Vyakarnam, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Hong Yee Low, Botannia, SG;
Isabel Rodriguez, Singapore, SG;
Chee Tiong Lim, Singapore, SG;
Audrey Yoke Yee Ho, Crescent, SG;
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC., Cincinnati, OH (US);
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, Connexis, SG;
Abstract
A laminate and process of making the laminate is disclosed comprising: a surgical mesh having first and second surfaces; and an adhesive structure having adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, wherein the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive structure is laminated to at least one of said first and second surfaces of said surgical mesh, and the adhesive surface of said adhesive structure has protrusions extending therefrom comprising a resin having a Young's modulus of greater than 17 MPa, which protrusions are of sufficiently low diameter to promote adhesion by increasing physical attractive forces between the adhesive structure and a target surface, as measured by shear adhesion.