	US 11,998,654 B2
	Securing implants and medical devices
Gideon Sturlesi, Kammo (IL); Guy Tomer, Modiin (IL); Aurelie Benaddi, Netanya (IL); Mary Hainrichson, Caesarea (IL); Amir Hadid, Binyamina (IL); and Ofer Yatziv, Caesarea (IL)
Assigned to Bard Shannon Limited, Humacao, PR (US)
Filed by Bard Shannon Limited, Humacao, PR (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/508,356.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/696,872, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0155721 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. A61L 24/04 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01)

CPC A61L 24/043 (2013.01) [A61L 24/0036 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An implantable medical device

having a patch affixed to only a portion of a surface of the implantable medical device but not covering an entirety of the surface of the implantable medical device, the patch able to secure the implantable medical device to a tissue,

wherein the patch comprises an adhesive layer positioned to adhere the implantable medical device to the tissue and a non-adhesive backing layer covering the adhesive layer,

wherein the adhesive layer comprises foamed and lyophilized biocompatible gelatin and transglutaminase.