Patent ID: 9713520
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A tissue repair implant, the implant comprising: a bottom planar base member having a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer periphery; a top planar skirt member having a bottom surface, and a top surface, an inner periphery and an outer periphery, wherein the skirt member extends inwardly about the outer periphery of the planar base member such that a surgical instrument can be inserted between the top surface of the planar base member and the bottom surface of the skirt member; an access opening associated with the skirt member; and, an indicating feature associated with the bottom base member and aligned with the inner periphery of the skirt member wherein the indicating marker is not visible when the skirt member is in a first neutral position such that no part of the skirt member extends beyond the outer periphery of the base member, and wherein at least a section of the indicating marker is exposed and visible when a section of the skirt member is displaced radially outward beyond the outer peripheries of the skirt member and bottom base member.