US 11,696,819 B2
Method for forming a mesh having a barbed suture attached thereto and the mesh thus obtained
Xavier Couderc, Frans (FR); and Pierre Bailly, Caluire-et-Cuire (FR)
Assigned to SOFRADIM PRODUCTION, Trevoux (FR)
Filed by SOFRADIM PRODUCTION, Trevoux (FR)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/902,208.
Application 16/902,208 is a continuation of application No. 15/716,979, filed on Sep. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,682,215.
Claims priority of application No. 16306383 (EP), filed on Oct. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0306024 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. D04B 21/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0063 (2013.01) [D04B 21/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0068 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); D10B 2509/04 (2013.01); D10B 2509/08 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthesis for hernia repair comprising
a mesh including a first knit portion including at least first and second biocompatible yarns, and
at least one barbed suture attached to the first knit portion, the barbed suture including an elongate body and a plurality of first yarn cuts extending substantially radially out from the elongate body forming barbs, the elongate body having at least one weft stitched chain stitch made from at least one of the second biocompatible yarn or a third biocompatible yarn, and the first yarn cuts made from the first biocompatible yarns stitched to the at least one second or third biocompatible yarns of the elongate body.