Tubular mesh support device for a breast implant and method for preparing the breast implant
AssigneeNovus Scientific AB
InventorsPer Egnelöv, Torbjörn Mathisen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mesh support device (10) for supporting a breast implant (20), wherein the mesh support device (10) has a tubular shape. The invention relates further to a breast implant device for implantation in a human body, comprising a breast implant (20) and a mesh support device (10), in which the breast implant (20) is positioned, wherein the mesh support device (10) has a tubular shape. In accordance with the invention, a method for preparing a breast implant (20) for implantation in a human body is also disclosed.
Claims9
A breast implant device for implantation in a human body, comprising:
- a breast implant (20);
- and
- a mesh support device (10), in which the breast implant (20) is positioned,
- wherein the mesh support device (10) is elongated so as to extend from a first end to a second end,
- wherein the mesh support device (10) has an opening at the first end through which the breast implant (20) has been inserted, and
- wherein the breast implant (20) has a rounded frontside and an essentially flat backside and the mesh support device (10) comprises:
- a front portion that covers the frontside of the breast implant,
- a back portion that covers the backside of the breast implant, and
- a folded portion that is folded backwards along the back portion so as to lie essentially parallel with the backside of the breast implant (20) and contact a back surface of the back portion.
A method for preparing a breast implant (20) for implantation in a human body, comprising the steps of:
- providing a breast implant (20) having a rounded frontside and an essentially flat backside;
- determining the diameter D2 of the breast implant (20);
- providing a mesh support device (10) having a tubular shape with a length L1 and a diameter D1, wherein L1≥D2+100 mm, and wherein a perimeter P1 of the mesh support device (10) is greater than or equal to a perimeter P2 of the breast implant (20);
- positioning the breast implant (20) in the mesh support device (10) such that such that a portion of the mesh support device (10) extends a distance L2 beyond a rim of the breast implant (10);
- and
- folding said portion backwards such that:
- a front portion of the mesh support device (10) covers the frontside of the breast implant,
- a back portion of the mesh support device (10) covers the backside of the breast implant, and
- the folded portion is folded backwards along the back portion so as to lie essentially parallel with the backside of the breast implant (20) and contact a back surface of the back portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.