Patent ID: 9387280
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Claim Text:
1. A composite implantable tissue attachment device comprising: a) a mechanical reinforcing component made of woven fibers, consisting of: b) a first planar cellular scaffold component that overlays the central portion but not the first and second terminal portions of the mechanical reinforcing component; and c) a second planar cellular scaffold component that overlays the central portion but not the first and second terminal portions of the mechanical reinforcing component; wherein the first and second cellular scaffold components are shaped to match the shape of the central portion of the mechanical reinforcing component, the first and second cellular scaffold components are secured to a portion of a periphery of the reinforcing component by stitching such that the portion of periphery of the reinforcing component is stitched to a periphery of the first and second cellular scaffold components and the first and second cellular scaffold components are discrete and layered directly upon opposite sites of the mechanical reinforcing component.