Adjustable implant with self-sealing elastomeric membrane and methods of fabrication thereof
AssigneeImplantAdjust, LLC
InventorPeter Renke
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Abstract
A method of forming a fluid-filled implant is provided. The method includes: forming a first zone of an elastomeric membrane defining at least one partially enclosed void space; expanding a volume of the void space, thereby expanding a volume enclosed by the first zone; forming a second zone comprising at least one elastomeric middle layer on at least a portion of the expanded first zone; and reducing the volume of the void space, thereby contracting elastomeric layers of the first zone and the second zone. The method also includes forming an adjustable implant from the elastomeric membrane by enclosing the void space to form at least one chamber.
Claims20
A method of forming a fluid-filled implant, comprising:
- forming a first zone of an elastomeric membrane defining at least one partially enclosed void space, the first zone comprising at least one elastomeric layer;
- expanding a volume of the at least one partially enclosed void space, thereby expanding a volume enclosed by the first zone;
- forming a second zone comprising at least one elastomeric layer on at least a portion of the expanded first zone;
- reducing the volume of the at least one partially enclosed void space, thereby contracting the elastomeric layers of the first zone and the second zone;
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- forming the adjustable implant from the elastomeric membrane by enclosing the at least one partially enclosed void space to form at least one chamber.
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