Surgical grafts

A - Human Necessities – 61 – B

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A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2586043

Provided is a surgical graft having one or more pockets adapted to receive a shaft tip of a surgical fastening device. The graft of the invention may be made from a biodegradable material, a biological material, a non-biodegradable material, biodegradable material, or a combination of any of these. The graft may be of a mesh construction, and may have an elongated shape, or may be shaped as a patch. The graft may be used, for example, in a method for treating urinary incontinence, vaginal vault repair, posterior vaginal wall prolapse, anterior vaginal wall prolapse and inguinal hernia. The invention also provides a system including a surgical graft of the invention, one or more surgical fasteners, and a surgical fastening device having a shaft and configured to eject at least one of the surgical fasteners from the tip of the shaft.

L'invention concerne une greffe chirurgicale qui comporte une ou plusieurs poches conçue pour recevoir la pointe d'une tige d'un dispositif de fixation chirurgical. La greffe de l'invention peut être faite d'une matière biodégradable, d'une matière biologique, d'une matière non biodégradable ou d'une combinaison de celles-ci. La greffe peut présenter une structure de maille et une forme allongée, ou être façonnée comme une pièce. La greffe est utile, par exemple, dans une méthode de traitement de l'incontinence urinaire, pour réparer la voûte vaginale, dans le prolapsus de la paroi vaginale postérieure, le prolapsus de la paroi vaginale antérieure et la hernie inguinale. L'invention concerne aussi un système comprenant une greffe chirurgicale de l'invention, un ou plusieurs éléments de fixation chirurgicaux et un dispositif de fixation chirurgical comportant une tige et conçu pour éjecter au moins un des éléments de fixation chirurgicaux de la pointe de la tige.

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