Patent ID: 9597484
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim:
1. A method for treating a wound, the method comprising the steps of: positioning a matrix into a surgical wound, the matrix being connected to tissue in the wound with a plurality of tissue anchors extending from a surface of the matrix, wherein the matrix comprises a layer of biodegradable material having a plurality of spaced apart apertures such that tissue on a first side of the matrix contacts tissue on second side of the matrix through the spaced apart apertures in the matrix; attaching a negative pressure source to a drain device that is in fluid communication with the matrix, the drain device including a plurality of drain tubes extending across tube receiving regions of the matrix the plurality of drain tubes being positioned in the tube receiving regions between spaced apart apertures in the matrix; draining fluid from the wound for a period of time; and removing the plurality of drain tubes of the drain device from the wound such that the matrix remains in the wound.