Patent ID: 9549819
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A cranial mesh configured to generally conform to a predetermined averaged geometry, the cranial mesh comprising: a preformed flexible mesh body having an inner surface, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and a plurality of apertures that extend through the preformed flexible mesh body from the outer surface to the inner surface, each of the plurality of apertures extending along a respective central axis from the outer surface to the inner surface, wherein the preformed flexible mesh body is configured as-manufactured to contact the predetermined averaged geometry at least at three spaced apart locations, such that 1) no portion of the preformed flexible mesh body crosses the predetermined averaged geometry in a first direction from the outer surface toward the inner surface, and 2) no location on the inner surface of the preformed flexible mesh body is spaced from the predetermined averaged geometry a distance greater than 20 mm along the first direction.