Patent ID: 8603117
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of repairing a tissue defect in a patient, the patient having on a medial side a direct space located between inferior epigastric vessels, a medial rectus muscle, and an iliopubic tract and a femoral ring defined between the inferior epigastric vessels, the iliopubic tract, and a spermatic cord, and on a lateral side an indirect space defined as lateral to the inferior epigastric vessels and anterior to the iliopubic tract, the method comprising: a) providing a prosthetic mesh having a relatively soft conforming first mesh material, and first and second three-dimensional portions of a stiffer second mesh material that are displaced from each other, each of the first and second three-dimensional portions having a first convex surface and an opposing second concave surface; and b) placing the first mesh material over the spermatic cord and the first and second three-dimensional portions at the direct and indirect spaces, respectively,