Patent ID: 6966916
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of repairing a surgical hernia, comprising: providing a first anchor having a suture attached to the first anchor, the suture having a distal portion; providing a second anchor having a suture attached to the second anchor, the suture having a distal portion; providing a mesh patch having a peripheral area; rolling the mesh patch; passing the mesh patch through a surgical port into an abdominal cavity; unrolling the mesh patch so that the peripheral area of the mesh patch is capable of being penetrated by the first anchor and the second anchor; inserting the first anchor through an abdominal wall into the abdominal cavity, wherein the distal portion of the suture attached to the first anchor remains external to the abdominal wall, wherein inserting the first anchor defines a first opening of a skin layer and a first opening of the abdominal wall; passing the first anchor through the peripheral area of the mesh patch; inserting the second anchor through the first opening of the skin layer and the abdominal wall into the abdominal cavity, wherein the distal portion of the suture attached to the second anchor remains external to the abdominal wall, wherein inserting the second anchor defines a second opening of the abdominal wall; passing the second anchor through the peripheral area of the mesh patch; pulling the distal portion of the suture attached to the first anchor and the distal portion of the suture attached to the second anchor so that the mesh patch adjoins the abdominal wall; and tying the distal portion of the suture attached to the first anchor to the distal portion of the suture attached to the second anchor so that the mesh patch remains adjoined to the abdominal wall.