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Implantable prosthesis

  • US 20060282105A1
  • Filed: 08/23/2006
  • Published: 12/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable prosthesis for repairing an existing or potential tissue or muscle wall defect, the implantable prosthesis comprising:

  • a patch of repair fabric that is constructed and arranged to be deployed in a planar configuration to cover at least a portion of the tissue or muscle wall defect;

    a resilient support member disposed on the patch to help deploy the patch into the planar configuration and/or to inhibit collapse of the patch into the tissue or muscle wall defect; and

    at least one tether of repair fabric that is susceptible to tissue and muscle integration, the at least one tether extending from the patch and being constructed and arranged to extend through the tissue or muscle wall defect when the patch is positioned over the defect.

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