Ventral hernia repair with barbed suture

摘要

#$%^&*AU2010241507B920150507.pdf#####VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH BARBED SUTURE ABSTRACT The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for the repair of ventral hernias (100). The method includes the steps of providing a needle; providing a barbed suture having a distal end attached to said needle; providing a surgical mesh; rolling said surgical mesh (102), said barbed suture (104, 106, 108, 110) and said needle (114, 116, 118, 120) to form a rolled mesh having said needle oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said rolled mesh; transferring said rolled mesh in to a body cavity via a laparoscopic device; unrolling and laying said surgical mesh under a ventral hernia in an abdominal wall; threading said needle and barbed suture through said surgical mesh and said abdominal wall; and trimming said barbed suture.1/9 100 128 /-126 114 116 104 108 104a0 106a 108a 110 11 0a 120 118 102 FIG. 1A 108a 108 126 118 116 106 106a 128 110 124 110a 120 130 102 1 104a 104 FIG.1 B