Patent ID: 8545386
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical implant comprising: a surgical sling for implantation at an anatomical site in a body of a patient, said sling comprising a plurality of first fibers which are biodegradable and which become encapsulated by collagenous tissue growth upon implantation and a plurality of second fibers which are biodegradable and that extend in a different direction from the plurality of first fibers, wherein (a) at least one of the plurality of first or second fibers is at least partially coated with a collagenous tissue-promoting pharmaceutical agent, (b) the collagenous tissue-promoting pharmaceutical agent has the ability to leach into tissue in a region of the sling, and (c) said first fibers have diameters from 5 μm to 50 μm.