Medical implants that include a containment layer surrounding, or surrounded by, a biodegradable medical device provide the benefit that pieces formed during degradation of the medical device are held within a constrained place and thus do not causes injury to a hosts.

Hernia meshes are provided as well as methods of use thereof and methods of making.

A device includes a first end portion, a second end portion, an intermediate portion, and a graft material. The first end portion has a first end diameter. The second end portion has a second end diameter smaller than the first end diameter. The first end portion comprises a first material. The second end portion comprises a second material different than the first material. The intermediate portion is between the first end portion and the second end portion. The intermediate portion tapers between the first end portion and the second end portion. The graft material is coupled to at least the intermediate portion.

The invention relates to a stent for transluminal implantation into hollow organs, in particular into blood vessels, ureters, esophagi, the colon, the duodenum, the airways or the biliary tract, comprising an at least substantially tubular body that extends along a longitudinal direction and that can be converted from a compressed state having a first cross-sectional diameter into an expanded state having an enlarged second cross-sectional diameter. The stent in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the tubular body comprises an inner body and an outer body, with the outer body surrounding the inner body at least regionally, with the outer body completely running around at least one section of the inner body, and the outer body is formed from a bioresorbable material or comprises a bioresorbable material.

The present invention relates to a stent for transluminal implantation into hollow organs, in particular into blood vessels, ureters, esophagi, the colon, the duodenum, the airways or the biliary tract, comprising an at least substantially tubular body that extends along a longitudinal direction and that can be converted from a compressed state having a first cross-sectional diameter into an expanded state having an enlarged second cross-sectional diameter, wherein the stent comprises a stent body composed of a biostable material, characterized in that the stent body comprises a plurality of stent sections, preferably annular stent sections, that are in particular separate from one another, and the stent has a support structure that connects the stent sections to one another, wherein the support structure is formed from a bioresorbable material or comprises a bioresorbable material.

The present invention provides a warp-knitted fabric and a medical material that can be simultaneously extended in all directions by causing thread made of a second bioabsorbable material to be absorbed in a living body over time and in which the degree of extension can be increased. The present invention provides a warp-knitted fabric 10 in which adjacent loop rows are linked, the warp-knitted fabric 10 including: a plurality of first loop rows including a first thread and composed of continuous loops extending in the warp direction; and one or two or more second loop rows disposed between the first loop rows and composed of continuous loops extending in the warp direction, wherein each second loop row is formed of one or two or more loops solely including a second thread and one or two or more loops including the first thread, which are arranged alternately, at least three first loop rows are linked together by the first thread, and the bioabsorption rate of the first thread is lower than the bioabsorption rate of the second thread.

The present invention relates to an anti-reflux valve for preventing gastro-esophageal reflux disease and includes a body formed in a ring shape and fixed to an upper end of a gastro-esophagus; a reflux blocking plate coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the body to be rotatable in one direction; and a fixing clip coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the body to fix the body to the upper end of the gastro-esophagus.

A hybrid medical device that can aid in reconstructive or augmentative surgery of the breast is disclosed. The device can utilize a suitable biological collagen tissue matrix combined with a synthetic material, for example, that can impart a high initial strength to the repair site while permitting proper healing and revitalization of the implanted device.

The invention relates to a method for forming a prosthetic base knit (1) made of two parallel sheets of porous knits, namely a first sheet (2) of porous knit and a second sheet of porous knit, said two parallel sheets being joined together in a discrete manner by a plurality of connecting porous knits (4) spaced apart from each other. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing H-shaped prostheses for hernia repair from said base knit thus obtained and to the prostheses obtained therefrom.

A method of repairing a defective heart valve involves positioning first and second support rings of an annuloplasty device in a first configuration on opposite sides of native heart valve leaflets and activating a contracted state of the annuloplasty device so that a first pitch distance between the first and second support rings in the first configuration is reduced to a second pitch distance that is shorter than the first pitch distance to move the first and second support rings toward each other to pinch the native heart valve leaflets.