Patent ID: 8795383

Claim:
A prosthesis for repair of hernial defects by laparoscopic insertion within a patient, said prosthesis comprising: a prosthesis body sized and shaped for laparoscopic insertion in covering relation with a hernial defect; said prosthesis body including connected upper and lower layers formed of synthetic material, said upper layer disposed toward the patient's abdominal wall and said lower layer disposed toward the patient's intestines when said prosthesis body is properly surgically positioned; said lower layer comprising a solid sheet adhesion barrier generally devoid of openings; a generally hollow guiding cone having a base connected to said upper layer and projecting upward therefrom terminating in an apex; a flexible bounding rim flap affixed to said lower layer on the side thereof opposite of said upper layer and along a peripheral edge thereof and disposed in substantially adjacent overlapping relation with said lower layer on the side thereof opposite of said upper layer; said bounding rim flap having an outer edge affixed to said lower layer in proximity to the peripheral edge thereof such that said bounding rim flap functions as a stop to assist in guiding the tip of a surgical instrument inserted between said bounding rim flap and said lower layer to the peripheral edge of the prosthesis in order to stretch the prosthesis in place and to overlap surgical fasteners, and an unsecured inner edge, such that said unsecured inner edge is oriented toward the center of the prosthesis.