Prosthetic fabric
First Claim
1. A prosthetic fabric comprisinga sheet with a biocompatible, implantable textile structure conformable from a flat arrangement to a folded arrangement having a memory of the flat arrangement, andat least a continuous filiform element joined onto the textile structure of the sheet while also remaining free to slide with respect to the sheet, the continuous filiform element having first and second free gripping ends,wherein the continuous filiform element defines in the flat arrangement of the sheet a continuous line along at least on dimension of said sheet, wherein the continuous filiform element in joined onto the sheet with a plurality of catching points distributed along said continuous line, wherein the catching points are distributed over a surface of the sheet, along and on each side of a neutral axis, parallel to one of the principal dimensions of said sheet, wherein pulling on the two gripping ends of the continuous filiform element generates the folded arrangement of the sheet, ordered transversely and on each side of said neutral axis, and wherein pulling one gripping end of the continuous filiform element in either the flat arrangement or the folded arrangement of the sheet allows extraction of the continuous filiform element.
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Abstract
A prosthetic fabric comprises a sheet textile structure capable of two different shapes, one being a flat, unfolded arrangement and the other being an ordered, gathered arrangement, and at least one continuous filiform element having two free gripping ends. The continuous filiform element is connected to the sheet structure by a plurality of catching points distributed over a surface of the sheet, along and on either side of a neutral axis that is parallel to one of the principal dimensions of the sheet. The structure of the fabric is such that pulling on the two gripping ends of the continuous filiform element generates the folded arrangement wherein the sheet is ordered transversely and on either side of the neutral axis and pulling on only one gripping end of the continuous filiform element extracts the continuous filiform element from the sheet.
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1. A prosthetic fabric comprising
a sheet with a biocompatible, implantable textile structure conformable from a flat arrangement to a folded arrangement having a memory of the flat arrangement, and at least a continuous filiform element joined onto the textile structure of the sheet while also remaining free to slide with respect to the sheet, the continuous filiform element having first and second free gripping ends, wherein the continuous filiform element defines in the flat arrangement of the sheet a continuous line along at least on dimension of said sheet, wherein the continuous filiform element in joined onto the sheet with a plurality of catching points distributed along said continuous line, wherein the catching points are distributed over a surface of the sheet, along and on each side of a neutral axis, parallel to one of the principal dimensions of said sheet, wherein pulling on the two gripping ends of the continuous filiform element generates the folded arrangement of the sheet, ordered transversely and on each side of said neutral axis, and wherein pulling one gripping end of the continuous filiform element in either the flat arrangement or the folded arrangement of the sheet allows extraction of the continuous filiform element.
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