SURGICAL DEVICE FOR THE FORMATION BY A PRACTITIONER OF AT LEAST ONE IMPLANT

• US 20070225791A1
• Filed: 03/20/2007
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cousin Biotech
• Original Assignee: Cousin Biotech
• Inventors: Charret, Mathieu, Molitor, Audrey
• Application Number:
  US11/688,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20070225791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 623/1.110
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0045 Support slings
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0063 Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes

Abstract

A surgical device that allows the formation by the practitioner of at least one implant with a given configuration and made from a given bio-compatible material. The surgical device includes a panel and a first sheet. The The surgical device includes a panel and a first sheet. The panel is made from the bio-compatible material, and at least one dimension of the panel is greater than the corresponding dimension of the implant

• • The first sheet (2) that includes the trace of at least the contour of the implant, and the first sheet is placed on one face of the the panel and attached to the latter so that the practitioner is able to shape the implant by cutting the assembly composed of the combined first sheet and panel by following the trace. The trace can include several sets of cutting-out lines outlining several possible contours of the implant, and the first sheet can include several traces of implant contours corresponding to the treatments for different pathologies.

Claims

1. A surgical device for the formation by the practitioner of at least one implant, of a given configuration and made from a given bio-compatible material, the surgical device comprising:

a) a panel in the said material, and of which at least one dimension is greater than the corresponding dimension of the implant,

b) a first sheet, which is not intended to be implanted, and which includes the trace of at least the contour of the implant, and

wherein said first sheet is placed on one face of the said panel and attached to the latter so that the practitioner forms the implant by cutting the assembly composed of the first sheet and the associated panel by following said trace, and then withdrawing the cut portion of said first sheet.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said first sheet is one of the two surfaces of an envelope containing said panel.

3. A surgical device according to claim 2, wherein both surfaces of the envelope are attached over all or part of their periphery around the panel by high-frequency welding, ultrasound welding, heat welding, or gluing.

4. A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein said first sheet is welded over all or part of its periphery around said panel by high-frequency welding, ultrasound welding, ultrasound welding, heat welding, or gluing.

5. A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein said first sheet is placed on one face of said panel and attached to the latter by means of a bio-compatible, repositionable adhesive.

6. A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein said trace includes several sets of cutting-out lines, outlining several possible contours of the implant.

7. A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein said first sheet includes several traces of implant contours corresponding to the treatments for different pathologies.

8. A surgical device according to any of the previous according to claim 1, including at least one tie attached to the panel, intended to act as an attachment device for the implant.

9. A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein said trace corresponds to the contour of an implant intended for the treatment of a rectocele, a cystocele, a hernia or an incisional hernia.

10. A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein said panel overhangs the first sheet, in particular in the form of extensions intended to form attachment tabs for the implant.