Patent ID: 8920370

Claim:
A hernia repair device, comprising: an inflatable balloon having an inflation tube configured to inflate the balloon, a first side and a second side; and a hernia repair patch having a first reduced configuration for insertion into a body in which the balloon is at least partially deflated and a second deployed configuration in which the hernia repair patch has a planar shape for deployment at a hernia site when the balloon is inflated, the hernia repair patch being removably attached to said balloon such that, when the hernia repair patch is in the second deployed configuration, the hernia repair patch is situated only on the first side of said balloon, the second side of the balloon is exposed and the inflation tube passes through the hernia repair patch; wherein inflation of the balloon, at least in part, causes the hernia repair patch to move from the first reduced configuration to the second deployed configuration; and wherein the balloon is configured to be detached from the hernia repair patch and removed from the body.