US 12,226,299 B2
Textured medical textiles
E. Skott Greenhalgh, Gladwyne, PA (US); John-Paul Romano, Chalfont, PA (US); Travis Speicher, Malvern, PA (US); and Brendan Farrell, Malvern, PA (US)
Assigned to TELA Bio, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
Filed by TELA Bio, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,856.
Application 17/932,856 is a continuation of application No. 16/813,522, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,446,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/816,040, filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008637 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0063 (2013.01) [A61L 27/3633 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0068 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61L 2430/34 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making an implant having a plurality of gripping strands that enhance the gripping strength of the implant, the method comprising:
stitching a first pattern into one or more sheets of a substrate material over a mask that is positioned adjacent to a first side of the one or more sheets of the substrate material, wherein the first pattern comprises a continuous first strand of material extending adjacent to a second side of the one or more sheets of the substrate material and a second strand of material extending adjacent to the mask; and
cutting the second strand of material to release the mask from the one or more sheets of the substrate material and to form a plurality of gripping strands extending proud of the first side of the one or more sheets of the substrate material, wherein each gripping strand of the plurality of gripping strands comprises one or more arms extending from a vertex in which the gripping strand is wrapped around the continuous first strand of material extending adjacent to the second side of the one or more sheets of the substrate material.