Patent ID: 9364307
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a body portion; and an arm member coupled to the body portion, the arm member including an inner arm mesh portion and an outer arm mesh portion, the inner arm mesh portion being disposed between the outer arm mesh portion and the body portion, the inner arm mesh portion being located closer to the body portion than the outer arm mesh portion, the arm member having a width that is less than a width of the body portion the inner arm mesh portion of the arm member having a first material having a first property, the outer arm mesh portion of the arm member having a second material with a second property different than the first property, the body portion including an inner body mesh portion and an outer body mesh portion, the inner body mesh portion being completely surrounded by the outer body mesh portion, the outer body mesh portion having a different property than the inner body mesh portion, wherein the first and second materials are selected from (a) materials that promote a tissue response, (b) materials having bioinert properties, (c) materials that block or delay tissue ingrowth, (d) materials that reduce tissue adhesions, (e) materials that reduce tissue erosion, (f) materials that promote bonding of a mesh to adjacent tissue, (g) biodegradable materials, and (h) materials that generate distinctive color from other portions.