Medical Device for Breast Reconstruction
AssigneeDecomed Srl
InventorsGiovanni BERTOLI, Giorgio BERNA, Guido PAPACCIO
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Abstract
Medical device made of biomaterial, for implant-based breast reconstruction, having a flat original shape of plane geometry, with sections, which sutured together define the front part, lateral, upper and lower of a box element, at least one of the aforesaid sections having at least one appendix adapted to define the rear part of the box element, said box element being adapted to wrap and contain integrally a breast prosthesis, said box element being configured to be interposed between the subcutaneous layer and the pectoralis major muscle and being suturable to the latter.
Claims12
A medical device for breast reconstruction, comprising a box element configured to enclose or contain integrally a breast prosthesis, said box element being configured to be interposed between the skin and the pectoralis major muscle and being configured to be sutured to said pectoralis major muscle.
A combination of a medical device for breast reconstruction and of a breast prosthesis, wherein the medical device comprises a box element enclosing or containing integrally the breast prosthesis, said box element being configured to be interposed between the skin and the pectoralis major muscle and being configured to be sutured to said pectoralis major muscle.
A method for breast reconstruction, comprising:
- preparing a flat sheet having sections;
- preparing a breast prosthesis;
- folding and joining, optionally sewing, said sections of the flat sheet to define a box element configured to contain the breast prosthesis;
- enclosing the breast prosthesis into the box element;
- interposing the box element containing the breast prosthesis between the skin and the pectoralis major muscle;
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- suturing the box element to the pectoralis major muscle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.