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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Christopher J. Criscuolo, Branford, CT (US);
Jonathan Glick, Hamden, CT (US);
Timothy D. Kosa, Hamden, CT (US);
Michael Primavera, Orange, CT (US);
Kevin Slisz, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Christopher J. Criscuolo, Branford, CT (US);
Jonathan Glick, Hamden, CT (US);
Timothy D. Kosa, Hamden, CT (US);
Michael Primavera, Orange, CT (US);
Kevin Slisz, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Covidien LP, New Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for the repair of ventral hernias. The method includes the steps of providing a needle; providing a barbed suture having a distal end attached to the needle; providing a surgical mesh; rolling the surgical mesh, the barbed suture, and the needle to form a rolled mesh having the needle oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rolled mesh; transferring the rolled mesh into a body cavity via a laparoscopic device; unrolling and laying the surgical mesh under a ventral hernia in an abdominal wall; threading the needle and barbed suture through the surgical mesh and the abdominal wall; and trimming the barbed suture.