Quasi-spherical orbital implant
OwnerJean- Duretteinventor
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Abstract
A quasi-spherical orbital implant that comprises an off center conical elongation toward its posterior and medial aspects. The conical elongation mimics the natural shape of an orbit. The implant comprises a number of holes and tunnels for suturing the patient's eye muscles and tissue to the implant. A number of hollow voids in the implant serve to progressively host the formation of tissue which secures the implant to the muscles and covering tissue and helps to prevent migration after the sutures have dissolved. The anterior portion of the implant has a number of details which key with the prosthetic eye and help improve its stability and motility.
Claims29
An orbital implant device adapted for fitting into a patient's orbit, said orbit having a medial side, a temporal side, a posterior side, an anterior side, a superior side, and an inferior side, all with reference to the implant's position in the patient's orbit, said implant device comprising:
- an implant having an anterior portion and a posterior portion, said implant having a medial side, a temporal side, a superior side, and an inferior side, all said sides corresponding to the respective sides of the patient's orbit;
- the anterior portion of the implant having a finite number of tunnels adapted for receiving sutures and for receiving bodily fluids and in growing tissue, and a finite number of chimneys adapted for receiving bodily fluids and in growing tissue;
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- the implant having a quasi-spherical shape defined by an elongation of the implant toward the medial side of the posterior portion.
An orbital implant device adapted for fitting into a patient's orbit, said orbit having a medial side, a temporal side, a posterior side, an anterior side, a superior side, and an inferior side, all with reference to the implant's position in the patient's orbit, said implant device comprising:
- an implant having an anterior portion and a posterior portion, said implant having a medial side, a temporal side, a superior side, and an inferior side, all said sides corresponding to the respective sides of the patient's orbit;
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- wherein the anterior portion and the posterior portion are manufactured as two separate parts and then combined together before being placed into the patient's orbit.
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