Template for surgical meshes

• US 20070123915A1
• Filed: 10/25/2005
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Komarnycky, Peter, Kammerer, Gene
• Granted Patent: US 8,506,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/151
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/3937 Visible markers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0045 Support slings
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0063 Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0095 Packages or dispensers for prostheses or other implants for intraocular lenses A61F2/1691; for dental surgery A61C19/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/0068 having a special mesh pattern
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0004 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0097 Visible markings, e.g. indicia

Abstract

Various surgical assemblies are provided, one embodiment of which includes a substantially flat template having first and second opposed sides, and having a plurality of graduated markings on said first side, and a substantially flat, flexible, surgical implant removably secured to the template and having first and second substantially flat opposed sides, and at least a first trimable portion. The surgical implant is removably coupled to the template so that the first side of the template is substantially adjacent to the first side of the surgical mesh, and so that the plurality of graduated markings are substantially adjacent to the first trimable portion of the surgical implant.

Claims

1. A surgical assembly comprising:

a substantially flat template having first and second opposed sides, and having a plurality of graduated markings on said first side; and

a substantially flat, flexible, surgical implant removably secured to the template and having first and second substantially flat opposed sides, and at least a first trimable portion,

wherein the surgical implant is removably coupled to the template so that the first side of the template is substantially adjacent to the first side of the surgical mesh, and so that the plurality of graduated markings are substantially adjacent to the first trimable portion of the surgical implant.

2. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the template further comprises at least one tab element, and wherein the at least one tab element extends over a portion of the surgical implant to thereby removably secure the surgical implant to the template.

3. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the template further has at least one slit therein, and wherein a peripheral portion of the surgical implant is inserted through the at least one slit to thereby removably secure the surgical implant to the template.

4. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the template further comprises an implant holding means for removably securing the surgical implant thereto.

5. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a film element covering the surgical implant and removably secured to the template.

6. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the template has an opening therein positioned beneath the implant that facilitates removal of the implant from the template.

7. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for pelvic floor repair.

8. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for hernia repair.

9. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for plastic surgery.

10. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for breast reconstruction.

11. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for urinary or fecal incontinence repair.

12. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for cardiovascular procedures.

13. The surgical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the surgical implant further comprises a second trimable portion, and wherein the template further comprises a second plurality of graduated markings on said first side that are substantially adjacent to the second trimable portion.

14. A surgical assembly comprising:

a substantially flat template having measuring means on a first surface thereof;

a substantially flat, flexible surgical implant having a first surface positioned substantially adjacent to the first surface of the template, and having a first trimable portion, the surgical implant being removably secured to the template; and

means for removably securing the surgical implant to the template,

wherein the measuring means is aligned and extends outwardly beyond a periphery of the first trimable portion.

15. The surgical assembly according to claim 14, wherein the means for removably securing is a film or other substantially translucent or transparent covering element covering the surgical implant and removably secured to the template.

16. The surgical assembly according to claim 14, wherein the means for removably securing is a slit in the template through which at least a portion of the surgical implant is passed.

17. The surgical assembly according to claim 14, wherein the means for removably securing is a tab element projecting from the template over at least a portion of the surgical implant.

18. The surgical assembly according to claim 14, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for pelvic floor repair.

19. The surgical assembly according to claim 14, wherein the surgical implant is a mesh configured for hernia repair.