Reinforcement device with dissolvable layer and its use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8968418-B2
Application number	US-201313859406-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2013
Priority date	May 20, 2010
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A reinforcement device for reinforcing tissues having one or more structural deficiencies includes a longitudinally-extending reinforcing layer for treating the structural deficiency, a plurality of spiked naps distributed across the reinforcing layer and projecting therefrom for adhering to the tissue, and a dissolvable matrix layer covering at least a portion of the reinforcing layer and a portion of the plurality of spiked naps. The matrix layer increases the time before the spiked naps substantially adhere to the tissue, thereby allowing the practitioner additional time to position the reinforcement device.

First claim

I claim:

1. A reinforcement device for reinforcing tissues having one or more structural deficiencies, comprising:
a longitudinally extending reinforcing layer for treating the structural deficiency, the layer having a first face and a second face;
a plurality of naps distributed across at least the first face and projecting therefrom for adhering to tissue; and
a dissolvable matrix layer covering at least a portion of at least the second face of the reinforcing layer opposite…

Assignees

• Covidien Lp

Inventors

• Paul Martin G

Classifications

• A61F2210/0004

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61F2/0063 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61F2210/0076

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61F2002/0068

  Human Necessities · mapped topic