Prosthesis comprising a three-dimensional and openworked knit

• US 9,554,887 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sofradim Production
• Original Assignee: Sofradim Production
• Inventors: Lecuivre, Julie
• Primary Examiner(s): Worrell, Danny
• Application Number:
  US14/003,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20130345728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,782 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0063 Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/0068 having a special mesh pattern
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/009 for hindering or preventing attachment of biological tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2210/0076 multilayered, e.g. laminated structures
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0008 elliptical or oval
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2240/001 Designing or manufacturing processes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0031 made from both resorbable and non-resorbable prosthetic parts, e.g. adjacent parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0051 differing in tissue ingrowth capacity, e.g. made from both ingrowth-promoting and ingrowth-preventing parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/16 obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/34 Macromolecular materials
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 1/04 Oxycellulose; Hydrocellulose , e.g. microcrystalline cellulose
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 5/08 Chitin; Chondroitin sulfate; Hyaluronic acid; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 89/06 derived from leather or skin , e.g. gelatin
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/10 Open-work fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/12 characterised by thread material
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/0213 with apertures, e.g. with one or more mesh fabric plies
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2509/08 Hernia repair mesh

Abstract

The present invention relates to a prosthesis (100) comprising an openworked three-dimensional knit (101) comprising a front face and a rear face, each face being formed with one or more laps of yarns defining pores on said face, the front face being bound to the rear face by connecting yarns defining a spacer, characterized in that the connecting yarns are distributed so that they define an entanglement of yarns crossing each other at the spacer, without obstructing the pores of the front and rear faces.

Claims

1. A prosthesis comprising at least one openworked three-dimensional knit comprising two opposite faces, a front face and a rear face, each front and rear face being formed with one or several laps of yarns defining pores on said front and rear faces, said front face being bound to said rear face by connecting yarns defining a spacer, wherein the connecting yarns are distributed so that said connecting yarns define a crisscrossing set of yarns crossing each other at the spacer, without obstructing the pores of the two opposite faces, wherein said connecting yarns are yarns from at least one lap from the laps forming said opposite faces.

2. The prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein said front face being formed with r rows and n columns of stitches, located facing r′

rows and n′

columns of stitches forming said rear face, with at least one portion of the connecting yarns connects a column n, of said front face to a column (n_i′

+x), wherein x ranges from 2 to 5, of the rear face, and, connects a column n_j of the front face to a column (n_j′

−

x′

) of the rear face, wherein x′

ranges from 2 to 5.

3. The prosthesis according to claim 2, wherein x=x′

.

4. The prosthesis according to claim 3, wherein x=x′

=2.

5. The prosthesis according to claim 2, wherein x is different from x′

.

6. The prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the opposite faces of the knit is covered with an anti-adhesion coating.

7. The prosthesis according to claim 6, wherein the anti-adhesion coating is bioresorbable.

8. The prosthesis according to claim 7, wherein the anti-adhesion coating is in the form of a bioresorbable textile.

9. The prosthesis according to claim 8, wherein the bioresorbable textile comprises oxidized cellulose.

10. The prosthesis according to claim 7, wherein the anti-adhesion coating is in the form of a bioresorbable film.

11. The prosthesis according to claim 7, wherein the anti-adhesion coating is a film of a mixture of collagen and glycerol.

12. The prosthesis according to claim 10, wherein the anti-adhesion coating is a film of a mixture of collagen and chitosan.

13. The prosthesis according to claim 1, further comprising at least one textile layer in addition to said openworked three-dimensional knit, said textile layer being attached to one face of said knit.

14. The prosthesis according to claim 6, further comprising at least one textile layer in addition to said openworked three-dimensional knit, said textile layer being attached to one face of said knit.

15. The prosthesis according to claim 13, wherein the openworked three-dimensional knit is in the form of a continuous part having a periphery and said textile layer being provided with a central aperture.

16. The prosthesis according to claim 14, wherein, as the openworked three-dimensional knit is in the form of a continuous part having a periphery and said textile layer being provided with a central aperture.

17. The prosthesis according to claim 13, wherein the anti-adhesion coating is present on the face of the knit opposite to the face where the textile layer is attached.

18. The prosthesis according to claim 15, wherein the anti-adhesion coating is present on the face of the knit opposite to the face where the textile layer is attached.

19. The prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the connecting yarns define in addition a set of parallel or oblique yarns not crossing each other and not obstructing the pores of the two opposite faces.

20. A prosthesis comprising at least one openworked three-dimensional knit comprising a front face and a rear face, each face being formed with one or more laps of yarns defining pores on said face, one face being bound to the opposite face by connecting yarns defining a spacer, the connecting yarns being distributed so that the connecting yarns define a crisscrossing set of yarns crossing each other at the spacer, without obstructing the pores of the two opposite faces, said knit being obtainable by knitting on a knitting machine of the warp or Rachel type comprising two opposite beds, each respectively with m and m′

needles, the needles m of one bed facing the needles m′

of the opposite bed, the connecting yarns being distributed over at least one guide bar BE1, said bar BE1 bar having at least one lateral movement in one direction from one needle m_i of one of the two beds to a needle (m_i′

+x) of the opposite bed, wherein x ranges from 2 to 5, and a lateral movement in the opposite direction from a needle m_j of one of the two beds to a needle (m_j−

x′

) of the opposite bed, wherein x′

ranges from 2 to 5.

21. Prosthesis according to claim 20 wherein the knit is formed by knitting threaded yarns, one full stitch, one empty stitch, on four guide bars BAV, BE1, BAR1 and BAR2, the bars BAV and BE1 forming two laps of yarns producing the front face, the bars BAR1 and BAR2 forming two laps of yarns producing the rear face and the bar BE1 forming the spacer.

22. The prosthesis according to claim 21, wherein the knit is formed by knitting threaded yarns, one full stitch, one empty stitch, on four guide bars BAV, BE1, BAR1 and BAR2, the BAV and BE1 bars forming two laps of yarns producing the front face, the bars BAR1 and BAR2 forming two laps of yarns producing the rear face and the bar BE1 forming the spacer, said laps being knitted according to a scheme below in accordance with the ISO 11676 standard:

BAV;

4.3.2.2/1.0.1.1/1.2.1.111.0.1.1/1.2.1.1/1.0.1.1/1.2.3.3/4.5.4.4/4.3.4.414.5.4.4/4.3.4.4/4.5.4.4//

BE1;

1.2.3.3/4.5.1.2/4.3.4.4/4.5.4.4/4.3.4.4/4.5.4.4/4.3.2.2/1.0.4.3/1.2.1.1/1.0.1.1/1.2.1.1/1.0.1.1//

BAR1;

4.4.4.3/2.2.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.1.2/3.3.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5//

BAR2;

1.1.1.213.3.4.514.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.4.3/2.2.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0//.

23. The prosthesis according to claim 21, wherein the knit is formed by knitting threaded yarns, one full stitch, one empty stitch, on four guide bars BAV, BE1, BAR1 and BAR2, the BAV and BE1 bars forming two laps of yarns producing the front face, the bars BAR1 and BAR2 forming two laps of yarns producing the rear face and the bar BE1 forming the spacer, said laps being knitted according to a scheme below in accordance with the ISO 11676 standard:

BAV;

4.3.2.2/1.0.1.1/1.2.1.1/1.0.1.1/1.2.1.1/1.0.1.1/1.2.3.3/4.5.4.4/4.3.4.4/4.5.4.4/4.3.4.4/4.5.4.4//

BE1;

1.2.3.3/4.5.2.1/4.3.4.5/4.5.4.4/4.3.4.5/4.5.4.4/4.3.2.2/1.0.3.4/1.2.1.0/1.0.1.1/1.2.1.0/1.0.1.1//

BAR1;

4.4.4.3/2.2.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.1.2/3.3.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5//

BAR2;

1.1.1.2/3.3.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.4.3/2.2.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0//.

24. A prosthesis comprising at least one openworked three-dimensional knit comprising two opposite faces, a front face and a rear face, each front and rear face being formed with one or several laps of yarns defining pores on said front and rear faces, said front face being bound to said rear face by connecting yarns defining a spacer, the connecting yarns are distributed to define a crisscrossing set of yarns crossing each other at the spacer, without obstructing the pores of the two opposite faces, wherein the connecting yarns are yarns from one or more laps dedicated to the formation of the spacer.

25. The prosthesis according to claim 24, wherein the knit is formed by knitting threaded yarns, one full stitch, one empty stitch, on six guide bars BAV1, BAV2, BE1, BE2, BAR1 and BAR2, the bars BAV1 and BAV2 forming two laps of yarns producing the front face, the bars BAR1 and BAR2 forming two laps of yarns producing the rear face and the bars BE1 and BE2 forming the spacer, said laps being knitted according to the scheme below in accordance with the ISO 11676 standard:

BAV1;

1.0.1.1/1.2.1.1/1.0.1.1/2.3.2.2/2.1.2.2/2.3.3.3/4.5.4.4/4.3.4.4/4.5.4.4/3.2.3.3/3.4.3.3/3.2.2.2//

BAV2;

4.5.4.4/4.3.4.4/4.5.4.4/3.2.3.3/3.4.3.3/3.2.2.2/1.0.1.1/1.2.1.1/1.0.1.1/2.3.2.2/2.1.2.2/2.3.3.3//

BE1;

1.1.1.0/1.0.1.0/1.0.1.1/1.1.1.0/2.3.2.3/2.3.2.2/2.2.2.3/2.3.2.3/2.3.2.2/2.2.2.3/1.0.1.0/1.0.1.1//

BE2;

2.2.2.3/2.3.2.3/2.3.2.2/2.2.2.3/1.0.1.0/1.0.1.1/1.1.1.0/1.0.1.0/1.0.1.1/1.1.1.0/2.3.2.3/2.3.2.2//

BAR1;

2.2.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.2.3/2.2.2.1/2.2.2.3/3.3.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.3.2/3.3.3.4/3.3.3.2//

BAR2;

3.3.4.5/4.4.4.3/4.4.4.5/4.4.3.2/3.3.3.4/3.3.3.2/2.2.1.0/1.1.1.2/1.1.1.0/1.1.2.3/2.2.2.1/2.2.2.3//.