Patent ID: 7767222

Claim:
A method of using a resorbable polymer base material in combination with an implant for attenuating adhesions between the implant and surrounding tissue following a surgical procedure in a human patient, the method comprising: providing a nonporous, resorbable polymer base material; heat-shrinking the resorbable polymer base material in a form of a resorbable thin membrane around the implant to thereby cover surfaces of the implant, wherein the resorbable thin membrane comprises a resorbable polymer consisting essentially of: a lactide polymer; or a copolymer of two or more cyclic esters; applying the implant and the resorbable thin membrane to a human patient in a region, which is susceptible to adhesions as a consequence of the surgical procedure; and attenuating an occurrence of adhesion between the implant and surrounding tissue at the region within the human patient by way of the presence of the resorbable thin membrane positioned at the region within the patient.