Patent ID: 8690961

Claim:
A method for surgical treatment of inguinal hernias of a patient, comprising the steps of: providing a surgical prosthesis in the form of a laminar component comprising an approximately intermediate cut line forming two asymmetrical halves of said laminar component, each of said asymmetrical halves having at a distal end thereof an end tab; overlaying said asymmetrical halves of said laminar component by superimposing said end tabs of said asymmetrical halves so as to form two reinforced triangular areas aligned with anatomically weak areas of the patient and to create a central through cavity forming a ring adapted to encircle a spermatic cord of the patient extending through said central through cavity; and fitting the spermatic cord in the central through cavity, wherein the step of overlaying said asymmetrical halves and superimposing said end tabs creates a helical conformation establishing said two reinforced triangular areas that restrain the movements of muscles of the patient so as to permit treatment of two most common types of the inguinal hernias with a single prosthesis, and wherein each of said two symmetrical halves has a respective outer edge with a concavity extending inwards towards said approximately intermediate cut line to define a curved groove, wherein said steps of overlaying and fitting causes said curved grooves of said two symmetrical halves to face one another to form said central through cavity.