Patent ID: 9499927
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61F,D04B,D06B,D06C,D10B

Claim Text:
1. A method for producing a prosthesis for reinforcing an abdominal wall in which an incision has been made, the prosthesis comprising a knitted structure made in one piece, the knitted structure comprising a first portion, which is substantially plane and flexible and is intended to be placed between the abdominal wall and the abdominal cavity, and a second portion, which is substantially plane and flexible and is intended to be placed between two margins of the incision, the second portion extending substantially perpendicularly from one face of the first portion, the method comprising the following steps: a) producing a knit comprising a base sheet which is substantially plane and elongate and which is equipped in a longitudinal direction with a succession of substantially perpendicular folds to the base sheet, by knitting biocompatible yarns on a warp knitting machine, the biocompatible yarns being distributed on at least three guide bars B b) cutting from the knit obtained in step a) a knitted structure comprising a part of the base sheet equipped with the substantially perpendicular fold, the part of the base sheet forming the first portion of the prosthesis, and the substantially perpendicular fold forming the second portion of the prosthesis.