Disclosed is a continuously knitted tubular surgical mesh of monofilament threads free of water-leachable irritant impurities and physiologically inert even in the presence of infection, the threads being unattached at their points of crossing each other. Also disclosed are methods of using the surgical...http://www.google.fr/patents/US4347847?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US4347847 - Method of hernia repair