Breast Implants and Methods of Manufacture
AssigneeNeosthetic, LLC
InventorBobby Purkait
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Abstract
An implantable soft tissue prosthesis comprising a hollow shell formed of a flexible elastomeric envelope, the shell having an inner volume and an exterior surface, when the inner volume is filled with an elastomeric silicone tubing that is preshaped conforming to the inner volume of the shell, the prosthesis being adapted to be surgically implanted in a human breast.
Claims18
An implantable soft tissue prosthesis comprising a flexible elastomeric silicone shell, said shell having an inner volume and an exterior surface, wherein when said inner volume is filled with an elastomeric silicone tubing, said prosthesis being adapted to be surgically implanted in a human breast, the elastomeric silicone tubing and the elastomeric silicone shell being fully cross linked and free of low molecular weight oligomers that are leachable or migratable, the spaces within and between the elastomeric silicone tubing or silicone strip being unfilled.
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