Patent ID: 8313499
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A61F,D04B

Abstract:
1. A resorbable polymeric mesh implant for use in reconstruction of soft tissue defects, wherein the mesh implant comprises: a first set of resorbable polymeric fibers, and a second set of resorbable polymeric fibers, wherein the fibers are knitted together, wherein filaments of said first set of fibers are interlaced into filaments of the second set of fibers and at least partly traverse a knit pattern of the second set of fibers such that the filaments of the first set of fibers lock the movement of the part of the mesh implant formed by the second set of fibers, and wherein the relative distension of the mesh implant is substantially constant following the time of implantation and until said first set of fibers is substantially degraded, and wherein the second set of resorbable polymeric fibers is substantially degraded at a later point in time than the first set of resorbable polymeric fibers, wherein the second set of resorbable polymeric fibers is a fabric having a structural integrity without a presence of the first set of resorbable polymeric fibers, wherein the first set of resorbable polymeric fibers and the second set of resorbable polymeric fibers have different patterns.