Patent ID: 8551125

Claim:
A method of manufacturing implantable prostheses for repairing tissue or muscle defects, each prosthesis comprising a plug body and a filler body comprising a plurality of petals extending radially outwardly from a common base comprising: providing a sheet of surgical mesh material; cutting a plurality of substantially circular plug body pieces for forming the plug bodies from the sheet of surgical mesh material, each circular body piece having a circumferential edge; cutting a plurality of filler pieces for forming the filler bodies from the sheet of surgical mesh material, the filler pieces each being elongated in a longitudinal direction and comprising first and second longitudinal ends and substantially longitudinal opposing side edges therebetween, the first and second ends being wider than a longitudinal segment intermediate the first and second ends, and wherein the filler pieces are cut from pieces of the sheet of surgical mesh material that are located between the circular plug body pieces within a single layer of the sheet; shaping the circular plug body pieces cut from the sheet of surgical mesh material into the plug bodies, each including a closed end, a larger open end, and a cavity extending therebetween; attaching a plurality of filler pieces cut from the sheet of surgical mesh material to each other intermediate their ends to form the filler bodies, the first and second ends of the filler pieces forming the petals; and connecting the common base of one of the filler bodies to the closed end of one of the plug bodies to form each prosthesis.