Abstract: A fastener including at least an element to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element relative to a planar prosthetic component to be fixed, and a linking rod is characterised in that the linking rod is rectilinear and the junction zones of the anchoring element and the stop element with the linking rod enable the fastener to adopt: a non-stressed stripping configuration; a maximum stress configuration, doubled up on itself, for example in a tubular configuration by complete insertion of the fastener into a tube, and a minimum stress configuration, wherein the respective directions of the stop element and the anchoring element form between them, for example in the same plane, an angle not greater than 90°.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional prosthetic fabric comprising a first face and a second face, the said first face and the said second face being opposite each other and separated by the thickness of the said fabric, the said first face being porous, characterized in that the said second face is dense and made of at least one first resorbable yarn. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such a fabric and to a prosthesis obtained using such a fabric.

Abstract: A fastener including at least an element to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element relative to a planar prosthetic component to be fixed, and a linking rod is characterised in that the linking rod is rectilinear and the junction zones of the anchoring element and the stop element with the linking rod enable the fastener to adopt: a non-stressed stripping configuration; a maximum stress configuration, doubled up on itself, for example in a tubular configuration by complete insertion of the fastener into a tube, and a minimum stress configuration, wherein the respective directions of the stop element and the anchoring element form between them, for example in the same plane, an angle not greater than 90°.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prosthetic openwork knit for the treatment of urinary incontinence and/or prolapse, based on an arrangement of yarns of a biocompatible polymer comprising at least one first sheet defining a first chain structure, in which knit said arrangement of yams further comprises at least two non-meshing sheets, of partial weft, the number of chain yarns in said chain structure being from 6 to 12. The invention also relates to a support implant for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and/or prolapse obtained from this knit, and to the method of producing such a knit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a knit made in one piece, based on an arrangement formed by at least two sheets of yarns, comprising at least one first sheet that defines a first chain structure and at least one or more non-meshing sheets, of partial weft, each of these non-meshing sheets defining a structure, which knit comprises at least one free chain yarn, a free chain yarn being defined as a chain yarn for which, along the entire longitudinal dimension of the knit, all yarn of said meshing sheets approaching said free chain yarn makes a 180 degree turn at this free chain yarn. The invention also relates to a textile medical device obtained by unraveling of at least two free chain yarns of said knit. The invention also relates to a method of production of said knit.

Abstract: This reinforcement comprises a first piece and a second piece which are assembled with one another, said first piece comprising a longitudinal edge of corrugated shape, level with which said second piece is fixed. In this reinforcement, said first piece comprises a cutout forming a zone, located at a distance from said longitudinal edge, for the spermatic cord to pass through it, and comprises a flap which is joined to it and is dimensioned so as to extend close to said longitudinal edge and to broadly cover the zone of said first piece extending between said longitudinal edge and said passage zone, this flap being raisable in relation to said first piece in order to engage the spermatic cord between said first piece and itself and being foldable against said first piece in order to hold this cord between this first piece and itself.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an appliance for storing, distributing and placing couched I-shaped surgical fasteners, comprising a handgrip body equipped with at least one control means, and an elongate element (C) attached and fixed to the handgrip, in which appliance the elongate element (C) is made up of a body (20) of tubular overall shape containing: near its distal end, a magazine slide (22) itself containing couched I-shaped fasteners having an anchoring bar, a catching bar and a connecting strip, said magazine slide (22) being displaceable in the elongate element (C) by a control rod (24) which can be actuated by the control means of the handgrip and, on the other hand, secured to a slotted and longitudinal hollow ejection barrel projecting from the distal end of said magazine slide (22) and able to project from the elongate element (C), and, in its tubular body (20), on the one hand, means (23) for distributing the stored fasteners one by one, this distribution involving the transfer of the an

Abstract: The invention concerns a fabric made with biocompatible material filaments, shaped like an open-mesh unblocked weave forming, in the laps constituting, respectively the front (AV) and rear (AR) walls of the fabric, substantially polygonal cells providing the fabric at least in two perpendicular directions with substantially balanced dynamometric behavior, said laps in the front and rear walls being linked by a bracing. The invention is characterized in that the bracing is provided by monofilaments of one of the laps forming one of the walls (AV and AR) of the reinforcement, each of said monofilaments forming, after a constant number of rows of meshes in its lap, a mesh (M) with one of the meshes (m3) of one of the laps of the other wall (AR and AV) of the fabric.

Abstract: An openwork prosthetic knit made in one piece, based on an arrangement formed by several sheets of yarns of a biocompatible polymer material, including a central band and two lateral bands on either side, respectively, of the central band, the elasticity of the knit in the central band being greater than the elasticity of the knit in each of the lateral bands at least two base sheets, a front sheet and a rear sheet, extending at least across the whole surface of the central band, the two base sheets being meshing sheets and defining a first weave, and at least two supplementary sheets, behind the rear base sheet, extending only across the respective surfaces of the lateral bands, the two supplementary sheets being sheets of partial weft and defining a second weave.

Abstract: The invention concerns a fabric made with biocompatible material filaments, shaped like an open-mesh unblocked weave forming, in the laps constituting, respectively the front (AV) and rear (AR) walls of the fabric, substantially polygonal cells providing the fabric at least in two perpendicular directions with substantially balanced dynamometric behaviour, said laps in the front and rear walls being linked by a bracing. The invention is characterized in that the bracing is provided by monofilaments of one of the laps forming one of the walls (AV and AR) of the reinforcement, each of said monofilaments forming, after a constant number of rows of meshes in its lap, a mesh (M) with one of the meshes (m3) of one of the laps of the other wall (AR and AV) of the fabric.

Abstract: This gastric ring comprises a band which is able to surround the wall of the stomach, and means with which it is possible, after implantation, to modify the cross section of the opening delimited by the ring. According to the invention, the band comprises at least one zone made of a material which is elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction of this band; said zone has at least two bearing points formed on it at two locations separated in the longitudinal direction of the band, and the ring comprises at least one rigid element made of a bioabsorbable material and bearing against said zone in the area of said bearing points, this rigid element, before absorption, making it possible to maintain said bearing points at a distance from one another different than the distance separating these two bearing points in the absence of elastic deformation of said zone of the bands, and, after absorption, no longer forming an obstacle to the return of said zone of the band to its nondeformed state.

Abstract: This gastric ring (1) comprises: a band (3) defining a central portion (3a) which is able to surround the wall of the stomach, and two lateral portions (3b) which can be connected to one another to hold the band (3) around the stomach (2), and means (4) for connecting said lateral portions (3b) to one another and for maintaining these lateral portions (3b) in the connected position. According to the invention, the band (3) consists of an assembly of filaments made of a bioabsorbable material.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a packaging box for the flexible material part, dimensioned to hold said part flat; folding means for folding said part without direct handling; and a reception tube for receiving said folded flexible material part. The invention is characterized in that the reception tube is not longitudinally slit, and the folding means comprise; a traction suture connected to the flexible material part, which passes through the tube, and, walls forming a funnel whereof the base emerges proximate to the opening of the tube through which the flexible material part is designed to be inserted into said tube, said funnel being designed, when a traction is exerted on the traction suture, to gradually fold down the zones of the part located laterally relative to the tube towards the zone of the part located opposite the opening of said tube, to enable the part to be inserted into the tube.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an openwork prosthetic knit (1) made in one piece, based on an arrangement formed by several sheets of yarns of a biocompatible polymer material, comprising, in a continuous manner in the direction of production of the knit, a central band (2) and two lateral bands (3) on either side, respectively, of the central band, the elasticity of the knit in the central band (2) being greater than the elasticity of the knit (1) in each of the lateral bands (3), characterized in that it comprises i) at least two base sheets, a front sheet and a rear sheet, extending at least across the whole surface of the central band (2), said two base sheets being meshing sheets and defining a first weave, and ii) at least two supplementary sheets, behind said rear base sheet, extending only across the respective surfaces of the lateral bands (3), said two supplementary sheets being sheets of partial weft and defining a second weave.

Abstract: This gastric ring (1) comprises: a band (3) which is able to surround the wall of the stomach, and connection means (4, 40, 51, 54) with which this band can be maintained in the form of a ring. According to the invention, the band (3) is made of a bioabsorbable material.

Abstract: The invention concerns a fastener (2) consisting of at least an element (4) to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element (6) relative to a planar prosthetic component (100) to be fixed, and a linking rod (8). The invention is characterised in that the linking rod (8) is rectilinear and the junction zones (8a, 8b) of the anchoring element (4) and the stop element (6) with said linking rod (8) enable the fastener to adopt: a non-stressed stripping configuration; a maximum stress configuration, doubled up on itself, for example in a tubular configuration by complete insertion of said fastener into a tube (51), and a minimum stress configuration, wherein the respective directions of the stop element (6) and the anchoring element (4) form between them, for example in the same plane, an angle not greater than 90°.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device formed with several yarns (2) knitted together so as to constitute a cylindrical elongated knitted fabric, that is a knitted fabric wherein the yarns (2) forming the stitches intersect substantially at the radially inner zone of said knitted fabric. The invention also concerns a device for setting in place, in the corporeal duct to be treated, an occluding device (1), comprising a longitudinal tube designed to contain the occlusive device when the latter is inserted into the duct to be treated.

Abstract: The invention concerns a metal object for medical or surgical use, such as a prosthesis, for example an endovascular prosthesis (called stent) for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, comprising a metal substrate whereof the surface is coated partly at least with a polysaccharide compound. The invention is characterised in that the polysaccharide compound is covalently bound, via a plurality of grafting arms, comprising each at least a silane unit, bound on one side to the metal substrate by an —O— metal bond, and on the other side, directly or indirectly, by a covalent —NH— bond, with the polysaccharide compound.

Abstract: This appliance comprises, in a tubular body (20), a magazine slide (22) secured to a needle (50) and the magazine slide (22) containing fasteners (A), an element for distributing the fasteners one by one, and an ejection plunger (42) able to push the anchoring bar (2) of the awaiting first fastener (A) into the needle. According to the invention, the magazine slide (22) comprises below the needle (50) a transverse finger (59) able, as the fastener is distributed by movement of its anchoring bar (2) by the plunger (42), to have the downstream end (3a) of this catching bar bear against it to force it to pivot by raising its upstream end (3b), beside the needle (50), a downwardly projecting rib (51) able to guide the pivoting of the upstream end (3b) of the catching bar (3) so that the latter does not butt against the needle, and, on the transverse finger (59), a sloping face (59a) driving the downstream end (3a) of the catching bar (3) transversely away from this finger.

Abstract: The kit (1) comprises a needle (3) for placing the fixing element (2), and the fixing element (2) comprises at least one stop part (5) and a threaded deformable part (7) joined to said stop part (5).