Patent ID: 9452038
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A surgical implant comprising an open pore elongate strip comprising a central support portion, a first end portion extending from the central support portion, and a second end portion extending from the central support portion, the central support portion having a width greater than a width of the first and second end portions, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion each comprise an edge comprising edge extensions, and wherein the first end portion and the second end portion each comprise mesh having opposed mesh edges and are formed of strands arranged to define mesh pores, with strand ends extending outwardly of the opposed mesh edges as the edge extensions, and reinforcement adjacent to each edge and not including each edge, the reinforcement comprising melted strands of mesh adjacent to un-melted edge extensions, and the reinforcement causing an increase in force required to pull the end portions through tissue.