Patent ID: 8821533

Claim:
A medical device, said device comprising: an elongate body member having a first side, a second side, a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of gaps defined therebetween; a plurality of tissue engaging members extending laterally from said elongate body member, including a first tissue engaging member extending laterally from said elongate body member at a first location and a second tissue engaging member extending laterally from said elongate body member at a second location; and one or more layers of a collagenous extracellular matrix (ECM) material woven through a first gap and a second gap of said plurality of gaps in said elongate body member, wherein at least a portion of said one or more layers of collagenous ECM material extends from said first side towards said second side through said first gap and from said second side towards said first side through said second gap; and wherein at least one gap of said plurality of gaps is located at or between said first location and said second location.