Patent ID: 8708888
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61F,D04B,D10B

Abstract:
1. A body implantable fabric comprising: an organ support device formed from a knit material and comprising a first filament knitted into a first chain of loops that are coupled together by having each loop of the first chain of loops suspended by a neighboring loop of the knit material, the filament being tied around individual loops along the first wale to form a plurality of closed loops that configure the organ support device to have a tear resistance of not less than 5 lbf, each of the closed loops including the filament defining an ascending loop segment, a first descending loop segment, a transverse loop segment, and a second descending loop segment, the ascending loop segment passing upwardly from a descending loop segment of a first neighboring loop in the first wale and then curving downwardly to transition to the first descending loop segment, the first descending loop segment then extending downwardly to transition to a transverse loop segment that is tied transversely around the ascending loop segment of the filament, the transverse loop segment then curving downwardly to transition to the second descending loop segment, the second descending loop segment then transitioning into an ascending loop segment of a second neighboring loop in the first wale and positioned opposite the first neighboring loop in the first wale.