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Implantable prosthesis

  • US 9,713,519 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2013
  • Issued: 07/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An implantable prosthesis for repairing a defect in a muscle or tissue wall, the prosthesis comprising:

  • a seamless preformed flexible body having a three-dimensional contoured shape and comprising a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a perimeter incorporating the first end and the second end;

    wherein the preformed flexible body independently assumes the contoured shape, the contoured shape comprisingan open sided bowl at the first end of the preformed flexible body;

    a substantially planar area at the second end of the preformed flexible body; and

    a transitional area coupling the open sided bowl of the first end with the substantially planar area of the second end, the transitional area comprising an arch region coupled with a curved and banked region; and

    wherein, following along the perimeter, the arch region leads to the open sided bowl which leads to the curved and banked region which leads to the substantially planar area which leads to the arch region, thereby completing the perimeter, wherein rigidity of the preformed flexible body is substantially uniform throughout.

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