# US 11,896,477 B2 · Apparatus, system and methods for improved breast surgery with myointegration

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- Number: US 11,896,477 B2
- Document ID: US11896477B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/186,693
- Filed: 2021-02-26
- Published: 2021-06-17
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-10-09
- Assignees: Innovellum, LLC
- Applicants: Gary Horndeski
- Inventors: Gary Horndeski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896477B2

## CPC

- A61F 2/12: Mammary prostheses
- A61F 2/0063: {Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes}
- A61F 2/0077: {Special surfaces of prostheses, e.g. for improving ingrowth (A61F2/30767 takes precedence)}
- A61F 2002/0086: {for preferentially controlling or promoting the growth of specific types of cells or tissues}
- A61L 2430/04: for mammary reconstruction
- B29L 2031/7532: {Artificial members, protheses}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K)
- B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES

## Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to Myointegration, the improvement of breast implant apparatus, system and methods for a design that extends the breast implant centrifugally, or in which a separate device is utilized in combination with a breast implant, that has one or more straps originating from the breast implant extension or from the separate device. The one or more straps are looped through the pectoralis major muscle then back into the implant extension or the separate device repeatedly. The straps are eventually attached in some manner to themselves, to the implant extension, or to the separate device. Since the pectoralis major muscle contains neuromuscular spindles that sense length, velocity and acceleration, when the user changes position from supine to vertical, the gravitational force generated by the mass of the breast implant pulls on the strap or straps, which pulls the muscle and stimulates the neuromuscular spindles, thereby generating lift of the implanted breast insert.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An improved breast implant device to be implanted in a user in which a user's pectoralis major muscle is used to generate active lift, comprising:
a breast implant device, said breast implant device comprising one or more straps;
said one or more straps of a first length to be looped into and through one or more differently located dissections in said user's pectoralis major muscle and further of a second length to be returned to the breast implant device;
said user's pectoralis major muscle comprising one or more neuromuscular spindles, said one or more straps further configured to be connected to themselves after being looped into and through said user's pectoralis major muscle in said differently located dissections;
wherein when said pectoralis major muscle senses a change in user's position from supine to vertical, the gravitational force pulls on the one or more straps, thereby pulling on said pectoralis major muscle, stimulating said one or more neuromuscular spindles, thereby generating active lift on the breast implant device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The improved breast implant device of claim 1, in which said breast implant device is integrated with a breast implant and said one or more straps.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The improved breast implant device of claim 1, in which said breast implant device is separate from said breast implant whereby said breast implant device comprises said one or more straps.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The improved breast implant device of claim 1, in which said breast implant device, said breast implant and said one or more straps are all separate from each other prior to being connected.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The improved breast implant device of claim 1, in which said straps of said implant device are looped together after being looped through said user's pectoralis major muscle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The improved breast implant device of claim 1, in which said straps of said implant device are looped back to said breast implant device after being looped through said user's pectoralis major muscle.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The improved breast implant device of claim 1, in which said straps of said implant device are connected together after being looped through said user's pectoralis major muscle.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The improved breast implant device of claim 7, in which said straps of said implant device are sewn together after being looped through said user's pectoralis major muscle.