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Prosthetic mesh patch for hernia repair

  • US 5,147,374 A
  • Filed: 12/05/1991
  • Issued: 09/15/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical flared patch for use in laparoscopic hernia repair comprisinga rolled up sheet of a surgical plastic mesh maintained in a rolled up form by at least two bands and multiple longitudinal cuts in a first end of the rolled up mesh to form multiple flared out flaps,a planer sheet of a surgical plastic mesh permanently attached to the flaps in a flared out position, the flaps and planer sheet being capable of compressing together as a longitudinal extension of the rolled up sheet of surgical plastic mesh and inserted into a cylindrical plastic delivery tube.

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