Patent ID: 7819918

Claim:
An implantable tissue repair device comprising: a cover including a top panel and a bottom panel joined together along a leading edge; tissue regeneration material between the top and bottom panels; wherein: the cover includes a plurality of laminae of biocompatible material; some of the laminae of the cover extend across the leading edge and into the top panel and bottom panel; the cover has more laminae along the leading edge than at least a portion of the top panel and has more laminae along the leading edge than at least a portion of the bottom panel; at least a portion of one of the panels covering the tissue regeneration material has more laminae than a portion of the other panel; and at least one of the cover and the tissue regeneration material includes a material selected from the group consisting of: small intestine submucosa, stomach submucosa, bladder submucosa, alimentary submucosa, respiratory submucosa, genital submucosa, and liver basement membrane.