Patent ID: 9220585
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61L

Abstract:
1. A patch for treating a hernia, comprising: a base comprising two mesh layers and a tissue conformable, flat circular stabilizing washer disposed within a continuous interior compartment between the two mesh layers, the continuous interior compartment extending continuously from an outer periphery of the stabilizing washer to a center of the base, wherein the two mesh layers are only affixed to each other at a location between the outer periphery of the stabilizing washer and an outer periphery of the base and perimetrically exterior to the stabilizing washer in such a way as to form the continuous interior compartment with the stabilizing washer free floating therein; and a positioning strap attached to the base in such a way that when a pull force is applied thereto during implantation, the base is pulled by the positioning strap toward a tissue location, and the base is configured to conform against the tissue location.