Current surgical techniques to repair hiatal hernias including pulling the stomach down and out of the hiatus to reposition it properly on the posterior side of the diaphragm, and patching the hiatus and or applying basic mesh to repair the hiatus and esophageal membrane. However, despite these techniques, the anatomic hernia recurrence rate for hiatal hernia repair is over 50% at 5 years. Accordingly, the present disclosure discloses a new funnel shaped mesh that can be implanted during hiatal hernia repair surgery that would function effectively as a phrenoesophageal membrane and reduce recurrence rates dramatically. The mesh could have the narrower portion attach to the esophagus, while the larger diameter funnel top could adhere to the diaphragm.
