Facial implant
OwnerJeffrey Posnick, Alma Coatsinventors
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Abstract
A facial implant includes fused polypropylene pellets. The pellets can be molded to a contoured shape. The shape can be used to augment, replace, or repair cranio-maxillofacial areas, such as the malar, mandibular angle, paranasal, nasal, temporal, cranial vault, orbital, ocular globe, and chin areas of a mammal, such as a human.
Claims56
A facial implant comprising fused propylene pellets having a spherical shape.
A facial implant comprising a volume having a contoured shape and an aspect ratio from about 1:3 to 1:20.
A facial implant comprising porous polypropylene.
A method of manufacturing a facial implant comprising molding pellets of polypropylene and fusing the pellets.
A method of placing a facial implant into a mammal comprising:
- selecting a polypropylene cranio-maxillofacial implant comprising spherical pellets;
- and placing the implant into a cranio-maxillofacial area.
A facial implant comprising fused polypropylene pellets having an initial molded shape and a second shape.
A method of manufacturing a facial implant having fused polypropylene pellets comprising obtaining a polypropylene material, heating the material, fusing the pellets to a molded shape and manipulating the material to a desired shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.