US 12,109,100 B2
Three-dimensional resorbable implants for tissue reinforcement and hernia repair
Said Rizk, Windham, NH (US); Amit Ganatra, Attleboro, MA (US); Antonio Fosco, North Reading, MA (US); David P. Martin, Arlington, MA (US); and Simon F. Williams, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Tepha, Inc., Lexington, MA (US)
Filed by Tepha, Inc., Lexington, MA (US)
Filed on May 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/427,096.
Application 16/427,096 is a continuation of application No. 14/687,435, filed on Apr. 15, 2015, granted, now 10,335,257.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/986,499, filed on Apr. 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0314130 A1, Oct. 17, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0063 (2013.01) [A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2240/004 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A porous implant consisting of:
a self-anchoring patch to position over a muscle or tissue wall defect, the patch comprising a textile fabricated with first and second fibers of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate or copolymer thereof, wherein the first fiber used to fabricate the patch is stiffer than the second fiber used to fabricate the patch, the textile having a first side and a second side, wherein the first fiber is on at least one of the first side and the second side of the textile, wherein the first fiber is configured to self-anchor the patch to muscle or tissue, and wherein the first side comprises a first exposed surface extending across a central portion of the first side, and the second side comprises a second exposed surface extending across a central portion of the second side, the first and second exposed surfaces facing in opposite directions.