HERNIA PATCH FRAME

摘要

A hernia repair patch (10) comprising a wire frame of a pair of overlapping v-shaped wire segments (12, 14) attached to a prosthetic fabric material (20). The vertices (18) of the v-shaped wire segments (12, 14) are disposed in opposite directions. The wire segments (12, 14) further include attached points (16) at free ends thereof. Said wire frame supporting the prosthetic fabric material may be formed of Nitinol or other suitable shape memory alloy.