56 results about "Inguinal hernia" patented technology

A universal, surgical prosthesis for hernia repair is provided in the form of a foldable sheet. The prosthesis includes a barrier layer formed of a material adapted to prevent biological adherence thereto, such as polytetrafluoroethylene, and a second surface layer formed of a material adapted to promote biological tissue adherence thereto, such as polypropylene. The second surface may be formed of a series of spaced projections. The prosthesis is adapted to be manipulated into an operative position to exhibit an appropriate exterior when in the operative position. In this manner, the universal, surgical prosthesis can be utilized for a wide range of surgical procedures.

The present invention provides a liquid polymer composition which can be implanted into a living mammal and which forms a solid hydrogel by in situ polymerization upon contact with body fluid and tissue. The composition also can be used as a coating on a medical device, or for the formation of a medical device. Formation of a solid implant or coating involves crosslinking of the adhesive with itself and with surrounding tissue. The liquid implant, by itself or in conjunction with various prostheses, can be used for many purposed, including fixation of the urethra for providing treatment for incontinence, and repair of herniations in the abdominal cavity, including rectocele, cystocele, enterocele, and inguinal hernia. The adhesive may be used to establish adhesion prevention during such repairs, in part by coating or being the material of a repair mesh.

A hernia repair prosthetic element includes: a central portion which covers a hernia opening within a patient; plural support portions integrally connected about a periphery of the central portion for securing the central portion in covering relation to the hernia opening; the prosthetic element, including the central and support portions, being a substantially planar member formed of flexible mesh material; the support portions being foldable relative to the central portion so that the prosthetic element can be selectively manipulated between folded and unfolded shapes; the support portions being adapted to securely engage various components of the patient's body surrounding the hernia opening; and openings are formed through the central portion for passage of fluid therethrough. The prosthetic element has only two basic shapes, one for use in relation to all groin hernias and one for use in relation to all abdominal hernias. The flexible mesh material may be of propylene or other suitable materials, the central portion has an enhanced strength, such as being formed of two layers of the mesh material, and the central portion may be stretchable to absorb greater forces imposed thereon.

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.

Prosthesis is provided for repairing or resisting the formation of bodily hernia in particular, for inguinal hernia repair or femoral hernia repair. The prosthesis comprises an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forms at least one channel that is sized to receive an anatomical structure and allow it to pass through the prosthesis without substantial compression of the anatomical structure.

A prosthesis and a method for repairing a tissue or muscle wall defect, such as an inguinal hernia, near a cord-like structure, such as the spermatic cord. The prosthesis comprises a layer of repair fabric having a cord opening therethrough that is adapted to receive the cord-like structure when the prosthesis is implanted at the repair site. The prosthesis also includes a cord protector that is attachable to the repair fabric at the opening to isolate the cord-like structure from the fabric in proximity to the opening. The repair fabric may be formed from a material which is susceptible to the formation of adhesions with sensitive tissue and organs. The cord protector may be formed from material which inhibits the formation of adhesions with sensitive tissue and organs. The cord protector may overlie a portion of at least one of the first and second surfaces of the repair fabric. The cord protector may extend substantially farther away from the opening edge on one of the first and second surfaces than on the other of the first and second surfaces. The cord protector may be configured as an insert that is separate from and attachable to the repair fabric. Alternatively, the cord protector may be integral with the repair fabric to form a composite prosthesis.

Inguinal hernia correcting prosthesis having an upper layer and a lower layer connected to each other by a flexible band, the flexible band having a first end fixed to the upper layer next to a recess provided on an edge of the upper layer, and a second end fixed next to a hole provided in the lower layer and connected by a cut to an external edge of the lower layer, the hole being axially aligned with the band and the recess.

An inguinal hernia repair device in the form of an implantable plug that is affixed at one end to the center region of a sheet of implantable material. The plug takes the form of a plurality of hollow members, arranged so as to be in substantially parallel relationship when implanted into a defect. The hollow members are preferably tubular members and are preferably bundled together by various means, such as bonding or wrapping a band or strand about the plurality of hollow members to maintain them in adjacent and contacting relationship during insertion into a defect. The device is provided with a base member for anchorage made of a composite material having a non-bioabsorable component and a bioabsorbable component.

An inguinal hernia repair device in the form of an implantable plug that is affixed at one end to the center region of a sheet of implantable material. The plug takes the form of a plurality of hollow members, arranged so as to be in substantially parallel relationship when implanted into a defect. The hollow members are preferably tubular members and are preferably bundled together by various means, such as bonding or wrapping a band or strand about the plurality of hollow members to maintain them in adjacent and contacting relationship during insertion into a defect.

Disclosed herein are gender-specific implantable mesh for inguinal hernia repair in a patient, comprising: a fabric layer comprising a side defining a surface area wherein the fabric layer is configured to enable tissue adhesion to said mesh; an anti-adhesive barrier comprising a shape configured to prevent direct contact between the fabric layer and both a spermatic cord and a genital nerve upon implantation, wherein the shape covers a part of the surface area on the side of the fabric layer, the part being less than 25%, and wherein the shape is oblique to a horizontally-oriented centerline and a vertically-oriented centerline; and a keyhole configured to fit the genital nerve and the spermatic cord of the patient therethrough without constriction, wherein the keyhole is oblique and inferior to a horizontally-oriented centerline and medial to a vertically-oriented centerline.

The invention relates to a Chinese medicinal preparation for treating gastroptosis, uterus sagging and gut-tie, which is prepared from raw materials including astragalus root, pilose asiabell root, pulp of dogwood fruit, chicken's gizzard-skin, dried orange peel, bitter orange, cherokee rose, copperleaf herb, white atractylodes rhizome and honey-fried licorice root.

A prosthesis and a method for repairing a tissue or muscle wall defect, such as an inguinal hernia, near a cord-like structure, such as the spermatic cord. The prosthesis comprises a layer of repair fabric having a cord opening therethrough that is adapted to receive the cord-like structure when the prosthesis is implanted at the repair site. The prosthesis also includes a cord protector that is attachable to the repair fabric at the opening to isolate the cord-like structure from the fabric in proximity to the opening. The repair fabric may be formed from a material which is susceptible to the formation of adhesions with sensitive tissue and organs. The cord protector may be formed from material which inhibits the formation of adhesions with sensitive tissue and organs. The cord protector may overlie a portion of at least one of the first and second surfaces of the repair fabric. The cord protector may extend substantially farther away from the opening edge on one of the first and second surfaces than on the other of the first and second surfaces. The cord protector may be configured as an insert that is separate from and attachable to the repair fabric. Alternatively, the cord protector may be integral with the repair fabric to form a composite prosthesis.

Disclosed herein are gender-specific implantable mesh for inguinal hernia repair in a patient, comprising: a fabric layer comprising a side defining a surface area wherein the fabric layer is configured to enable tissue adhesion to said mesh; an anti-adhesive barrier comprising a shape configured to prevent direct contact between the fabric layer and both a spermatic cord and a genital nerve upon implantation, wherein the shape covers a part of the surface area on the side of the fabric layer, the part being less than 25%, and wherein the shape is oblique to a horizontally-oriented centerline and a vertically-oriented centerline; and a keyhole configured to fit the genital nerve and the spermatic cord of the patient therethrough without constriction, wherein the keyhole is oblique and inferior to a horizontally-oriented centerline and medial to a vertically-oriented centerline.

The invention relates to an anti-adhesion patch having an internal drainage function, belonging to the technical field of medical consumables. The anti-adhesion patch having the internal drainage function comprises a polypropylene mesh and a polylactide-caprolactone membrane layer, wherein the surface of the polypropylene mesh is dipcoated with a polylactide-caprolactone coating, and the polylactide-caprolactone membrane layer is laminated on the polypropylene mesh; drainage holes are formed in the polylactide-caprolactone membrane layer. The integrity of the polylactide-caprolactone membrane layer of the anti-adhesion patch can be maintained for 30 days or more in the human body, and the complete absorption time of the polylactide-caprolactone membrane layer is 90-120 days. Compared with hot-pressing or molding by casting, the anti-adhesion patch enables polypropylene and the anti-adhesion membrane to be completely nested with each other, and microscopic examination proves no obvious boundary surface exists, so that the phenomenon of stratification does not occur. The anti-adhesion patch is suitable for itra-abdominal herniorrhaphy of abdominal hernia and abdominal wall defect as well as itra-abdominal herniorrhaphy of laparoscopic inguinal hernia.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical equipment and relates to an internal ring seal patch for inguinal hernia. The internal ring seal patch is a round elastic mesh rack with a good default appearance memory function, wherein a non-sticky film is arranged on the front of the mesh rack, a sticky film is arranged on the back of the mesh rack, and a miniature cylinder is connected to the middle; one end of the cylinder extends out of the sticky film; a blind hole is formed in an end surface of the cylinder; a fixed wire capable of being absorbed by a human body is connected onto the elastic mesh rack on the outer wall of the cylinder; the elastic mesh rack is an elastic foldable titanium-nickel alloy mesh support; the non-sticky film is a regenerated oxidized cellulose film or a polytetrafluoroethylene film; the sticky film is a polypropylene mesh film; the internal ring seal patch for the inguinal hernia is released at an internal ring seal of the inguinal hernia by an intervention tube and a release lever and is fixed, minimally invasive blocking and repair are finished, operation can be performed under local anaesthesia, the operation difficulty is low, pain and complications are relieved, length of stay is shortened, the invention is applicable to internal ring seal and patch repair for the inguinal hernia and is also applicable to patch repair for all abdominal hernias.

The invention belongs to the technical field of genetic marker preparation of pigs, and specifically discloses a molecular marker related to pig inguinal hernia / scrotal hernia traits and an application thereof. The marker is screened from the porcine PRKCE gene, a C / T base mutation is generated at 230 base of a sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1, TaqalphaI-RFLP polymorphism is generated, the SNP siteis used to design primers, the correlation between the SNP marker and the inguinal hernia / scrotal hernia is analyzed, and the SNP mutation site in a tenth intron region of the porcine PRKCE gene is found to be significantly associated with the pig inguinal hernia / scrotal hernia traits. The molecular marker provides the novel marker resources for pig marker assisted selection.

The invention discloses a combined-type wearable inguinal hernia treatment brace. The brace comprises an inguinal hernia local pressure support and a wearable inguinal hernia treatment belt; the inguinal hernia local pressure support comprises a straight hernia pressure support and an oblique hernia pressure support, wherein the straight hernia pressure support is of a flat elliptical structure, and the oblique hernia pressure support is of a flat comma structure; each of the straight hernia pressure support and the oblique hernia pressure support comprises a soft outer layer and a hard innercore, wherein the hard inner core is arranged in the soft outer layer and is fixedly connected to the soft outer layer; the wearable inguinal hernia treatment belt comprises an abdomen belt and an inguinal fixing belt; the abdomen belt is made of elastic fabric, one end of the abdomen belt is provided with a first connecting hasp, and the other end of the abdomen belt is provided with a second connecting hasp and a fixing buckle which are matched with the connecting hasp; one end of the inguinal fixing belt is a fixing end and is fixedly connected to the left or right rear parts of the inguinal fixing belt, and the other end of the inguinal fixing belt is a free end and can be fixedly connected to a fixing buckle of the inguinal fixing belt at the front part of the abdomen belt; and the wearable inguinal hernia treatment belt can tightly press the inguinal hernia local pressure support on the herniated part.

The present invention discloses a kind of Miao medicine powder for treating hernia and relates to Chinese medicine. The Miao medicine powder is prepared with large spider in 10-30 weight portions and cassia in 30-90 weight portions, and through drying in sunlight and grinding into fine powder. It is used in treating inguinal hernia with high curative effect, and may be also used in treating water hernia to result in obvious curative effect.

The invention discloses a laparoscope hernial sac high ligation set and a use method thereof. The set comprises a ligature fetching needle, a ligature putting needle, a ligature and a ligature fetching hook. Tube cavities are formed in the ligature fetching needle and the ligature putting needle, the ligature fetching needle and the ligature putting needle are combined into an integrated needle, the tail end of the combined ligature fetching needle and ligature putting needle is provided with a puncture needle head, handles are arranged on the ligature fetching needle and the ligature putting needle, the handles are arranged at the other end opposite to the puncture needle head, and the ligature fetching needle and the ligature putting needle are combined through sliding rails. Through the method of the integrated needle, the abdominal wall skin, subcutaneous tissue and muscular tissue of a sick child only need to be punctured once, repeated puncture is not needed, the influences on development of the peritoneum and the abdominal wall muscle of the sick child are reduced, and the relapse rate of inguinal hernia is also lowered.

The invention relates to an operation bed special for a celioscope inguinal hernia operation. The operation bed comprises a bedstead, a heating mattress, a headrest, a head frame, a hip joint limitingmechanism, a shoulder limiting mechanism, an arm swinging mechanism and a headrest regulating mechanism, wherein the heating mattress comprises a silica gel mat, a carbon fiber infrared ray heating wire embedded on the surface layer of the silica gel mat and a gel layer covered on the top surface of the silica gel layer; the arm swinging mechanism comprises a notch groove, a swinging plate and adriving assembly, wherein the notch groove is formed in a position corresponding to the arm placing position, on one side of the bedstead, the swinging plate is formed in the notch groove and is in pivot connection with the bedstead, and the driving assembly is used for driving the swinging plate to rotate around a pivoting point; the headrest regulating mechanism comprises a headrest bracket, a second driving motor arranged on the headrest bracket, a second screw rod connected with an output shaft of the second driving motor, a second nut block which cooperates with the second screw rod and asupporting rod; and the head frame comprises two horizontal rods which cross the bedstead, a transparent container arranged on the horizontal rods and a camera arranged in the transparent container.In accordance with the celioscope inguinal hernia operation, the multifunctional operation bed is designed, so that the operation efficiency is improved, and the operation risk of a patient is reduced.

The invention discloses a puncture needle special for a children inguinal hernia sac high ligation. The puncture needle comprises a needle body, a needle core and a hook needle; the needle body is of a hollow tube-shaped structure; the head is an inclined section and forms a puncture end; the tail is provided with a needle base; a needle core inlet is formed in the tail of the needle base and communicated with the interior of the needle body tube-shaped structure; the handheld end is arranged at the tail of the needle core; the needle core can be arranged in the needle body through the needle core inlet in a penetrating mode and is matched with the interior of the needle body tube-shaped structure; the length of the hook needle is larger than that of the needle body; a hook is arranged at the head; and the hook needle can be inserted into the needle body (1) tube-shaped structure through the needle core inlet in the penetrating mode and can extend out from the puncture end. When the puncture needle is used for the children inguinal hernia sac high ligation, an incision in the abdomen of a child patient is not needed, and the puncture needle can puncture to the operation part directly, so that operation is simple and rapid, operative wounds are small, and the recovery speed is high; in addition, the morbidity of complications such as seminiferous duct damage, hydrocele and iatrogenic cryptorchid can be greatly reduced.

The invention discloses a medicine for treating inguinal hernia of children and a preparation method thereof. The medicine is mainly prepared from the following medicinal materials in a certain weight ratio: tangerine seed, fennel, szechwan Chinaberry fruit, semen litchi, common cephalanoplos herb, frankincense, fructus cnidii, walnut kernel, white gourd peel, fructus aurantii, prepared rehmannia, rhizoma acori graminei and the like. The medicine has the functions of dredging collaterals and removing toxicity, eliminating stagnation and dampness and regulating qi to relieve pain, and has the advantages of quick response, good curative effect and no side effect when used for treating inguinal hernia of children.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for child inguinal hernia nursing. The composition is prepared from, by weight, 20-30 parts of tangerine seeds, 20-30 parts of fennel, 15-20 parts of common cissampelos herb, 10-15 parts of pueraria thomsonii, 10-15 parts of akebia fruits, 15-25 parts of desmodium styracifolium, 10-20 parts of saffron, 8-12 parts of radix ranunculi ternate, 5-10 parts of radix astragali preparata and 5-10 parts of rhizoma wenyujin concisum. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is consistent with a concept of holism of prescription compatibility of traditional Chinese medicine, good in curable effect, quick in effect, free of toxic and side effect, simple in preparation, and low in price, and has an obvious treatment effect for child inguinal hernia.

The invention relates to an auxiliary technology of inguinal hernia tension-free repair for an endoscope, in particular to an inguinal hernia tension-free repair patch for the endoscope and a design method of the inguinal hernia tension-free repair patch. The method comprises the steps that a plurality of anatomical points within the range of a muscular pubis hole and reflecting the space structure of the muscular pubis hole are determined; the observation index of the muscular pubis hole space structure is researched; the positioning of anatomical points of the muscular pubis hole space structure is researched; carrying out three-dimensional reconstruction on a muscle pubis hole space structure, carrying out three-dimensional positioning on an anatomical point, and carrying out quantitative analysis on the size and the three-dimensional structure of the muscle pubis hole; calculating the space distance between the anatomical points of the muscular pubis hole and the space angle of the corresponding space surface, and obtaining the length range of the intersecting edges of a plurality of anatomical planes of the muscular pubis hole, the space angle range of the vertex angle of each anatomical plane and the dihedral angle range between the anatomical planes; and designing specific parameters of the patch by using a parametric modeling technology. Different patch models can be manufactured according to different hernia types, and the patch can be effectively prevented from shifting in an operation.

An improved abdominal hernia repair system is presented comprised of a silicone layer backed up with a knitted or woven polypropylene fabric layer, the silicone layer possessing a regular pattern of slits that permit equilibration of fluid pressure across the device. A variety of therapeutic substances can be applied to the hernia repair device to promote healing, including aloe and other medicinal preparations. A layer of water soluble or water insoluble anti-scar compound is also present, the preferred compound being Salinomycin.An improved inguinal hernia repair system is presented that is identical to the above except it does not contain the hydrophobic silicone component.