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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Bard Shannon Limited, Humacao, PR (US);
Inventors:
Rui Manuel De Melo Soares Da Costa, Oporto, PT;
Augusto Manuel De Almeida Lourenço, Guarda, PT;
Assignee:
Bard Shannon Limited, Humacao, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0015 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
The implantable hernia prosthesis of the present invention comprises at least one piece of mesh () arranged to cover at least a portion of the hernia, at least one support element () attached to said piece of mesh (), said support element () comprising at least one resilient, deformable biasing filament, characterized by said support element () being an uninterrupted tension providing ring surrounding a portion of said mesh () and further comprising an indentation directed towards the center of said ring.