| 摘要 |
Prosthetic screen tacking device including a filament with at least one barb and one or more of a perpendicular foot at one end, a loop at the other end and a needle at the other end. When a needle and loop are present, the loop is situated between the barbs and the needle. The barbs are situated near the foot and angulated to permit movement of the device through a prosthetic screen and body tissue in one direction, but prevent movement in the opposite direction toward the foot. When the loop, or another form of an expanded portion of the filament, is present, it prevents the premature retrograde dislodgement of the filament from the abdominal wall after the loop has been forwardly passed through the abdominal wall and before the barbs engage with the abdominal wall. Methods of using the device with and without an associated button are disclosed.
|
