Patent ID: 6712859
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A hernia repair prosthesis, comprising:an occlusive member for aiding in the occlusion of a defect in facia tissue, said occlusive member being convertible from a first configuration with a first axial length and first major radial extent to a second configuration with a second axial length and a second major radial extent, said second axial length being less than said first axial length and said second major radial extent being larger than said first major radial extent, said occlusive member having a pair of subsections each having an apex and each flaring outwardly therefrom towards a terminal end, said apexes being disposed at opposite ends of said occlusive member with said terminal ends overlapping, said pair of subsections fixedly attached proximate said overlapping terminal ends in said first configuration and said second configuration.