Table 3.

Materials of functional components in the marketed hernia mesh in China and the U.S.

No.	Type of functional component	Chemical name of material	Ref.
1	Monofilament resorbable pins or grips for Self-Gripping	PLA	[72]
2	Self-expanding rings	PET	[73]
3	Expanding rings	PLGA	[56]
4	Recoil ring	PDO	[56]
56	Antibiotic drugs coating	Silver carbonate and chlorhexidine diacetate	[24]
		Bioresorbable l-tyrosine succinate polymer and antimicrobial agents Rifampin and Minocycline	[24]
6	Self-expanding Nitinol framed	Ni–Ti shape-memory alloy	[74]
7	Coating provide additional stiffness	bioresorbable polyarylate (PAR)	[24]

China: http://qy1.sfda.gov.ex2.ipv6.nmpa.gov.cn/datasearchcnda/face3/dir.html.

The U.S.: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices.

*Hernia mesh products official database websites.