Patent ID: 9398943
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of laparoscopic repair of a ventral hernia, comprising the steps of: a. providing a needle; b. providing a barbed suture having a distal end attached to said needle; c. providing a surgical mesh; d. rolling said surgical mesh, said barbed suture, and said needle to form a rolled mesh having said needle positioned within a perimeter of said rolled mesh and oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said rolled mesh; e. transferring said rolled mesh into a body cavity via a laparoscopic device; f. unrolling and laying said surgical mesh under a ventral hernia in an abdominal wall; g. threading said needle and barbed suture through said surgical mesh and said abdominal wall; and h. trimming said barbed suture.