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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Miksza, Nazareth, PA (US);
Simon Cohn, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 17/0643 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0416 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0097 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel stay suture devices and stay suture combinations with meshes are disclosed. The stay suture devices have a clip and a suture. The clip has leg members that are mounted to a hernia mesh implant such that the leg members are locked in a closed configuration. Also disclosed are novel methods of mounting stay sutures to a surgical mesh implant and repairing a body wall defect such as a hernia defect.