POSITIONING AGENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

摘要

A non-setting agent for positioning a surgical mesh prosthesis against a tissue defect during surgical hernia repair enables a surgeon to position the surgical mesh prosthesis at an optimal location against the tissue defect without pre-measuring suture location and pre-suturing. The surgical mesh prosthesis can be repositioned by removing and replacing, or by sliding, the mesh along the tissue defect without traumatizing the tissue. The positioning agent is provided with adhesion and lubricity characteristics providing an adhesion strength required to temporarily maintain the surgical mesh in place, otherwise unsupported, against tissue of a targeted tissue location, and providing a viscosity that permits removal and replacement, or slidable movement, of the surgical mesh along the tissue upon receipt of a non-gravitational external force applied to the surgical mesh so movement of the surgical mesh that is atraumatic to the tissue.

主权项

1. A method of implanting a surgical mesh prosthesis, comprising the steps of:
positioning a surgical mesh prosthesis against a surface of a target tissue with a positioning agent disposed between the surgical mesh prosthesis and the surface of the target tissue, wherein the positioning agent has an adhesion strength adequate to maintain the surgical mesh prosthesis temporarily in place, otherwise unsupported, against the target tissue in the absence of setting or curing of the positioning agent; and adhering the surgical mesh prosthesis against the surface of the target tissue by the adhesion strength of the positioning agent.