Soft prosthetic implant comprising macro-texturisation and method of manufacturing
AssigneeGC Aesthetics (Distribution) Limited
InventorFraser Harvie
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AssigneeGC Aesthetics (Distribution) Limited
InventorFraser Harvie
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An implant comprising an implant body, wherein the implant body comprises one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body. Various methods of making an implant comprising one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body are described, the methods being (i) making an implant comprising forming a shell on a mandrel, wherein the mandrel is shaped to form regions of macro-texturisation in the shell and filling the shell with a core material; (ii) making an implant comprising securing a scaffold comprising a silicone polymer to a surface of an implant body or (iii) making an implant comprising extruding a material that will form regions of macro-texturisation onto an implant body or (iv) making an implant comprising laser etching a surface on an implant body to form regions of macro-texturisation.
A soft prosthetic implant for augmentation or reconstruction comprising an implant body, wherein the implant body comprises one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body, wherein the macro-texturisation is provided by a scaffold secured to a surface of the implant body, wherein the scaffold is at least partially resorbable, and wherein the one or more regions of macro-texturisation is of cross-section in the range 0.1 cm-10 cm and/or of depth in the range 0.1 cm-1.5cm.
A method of making a soft prosthetic implant comprising forming one or more regions of macro-texturisation on an implant body by securing an at least partially resorbable scaffold to a surface of the implant body, wherein securing of the scaffold to the implant body comprises one or more steps selected from:
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