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US 2024/0197466 A1Published application
Multi-component breast implant
AssigneeTepha, Inc.
InventorsSkander Limem, Kemal Sariibrahimoglu, Timothy John Butler, Simon F. Williams
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AssigneeTepha, Inc.
InventorsSkander Limem, Kemal Sariibrahimoglu, Timothy John Butler, Simon F. Williams
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Absorbable implants can be used to create volume and shape in the breast of a patient with regenerated tissue. The implants are transient comprising a reinforced matrix comprising a load bearing absorbable macroporous network with an open pore structure, at least partially filled with one or more degradable hydrogels or water-soluble polymers that degrade progressively, from the surface of the implant towards the core of the implant, and direct tissue ingrowth in the same direction. The hydrogels and water-soluble polymers help prevent fluid accumulation in the implant prior to tissue ingrowth. The macroporous networks are absorbed after tissue ingrowth has occurred, and a load bearing support is no longer necessary. The implants are particularly suitable for use in plastic surgery procedures, for example, to regenerate or augment breast tissue following mastectomy or in mastopexy procedures, and can provide an alternative to the use of permanent breast implants in these procedures.
A breast implant comprising a reinforced matrix, wherein the implant comprises a surface, a core, a back area for placement on the chest wall of a patient, a front area opposite the back area, the front area comprising a front bottom for placement in the lower pole of a breast, a front top for placement in the upper pole of the breast, and a front intermediate-region for placement under skin of the patient, and wherein the reinforced matrix comprises a load bearing macroporous network with an open cell structure at least partly filled with one or more degradable hydrogels, degradable water-soluble polymers, or combinations thereof.
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A breast implant comprising a reinforced macroporous network defining a plurality of interconnected voids;
A breast implant comprising a reinforced matrix, wherein the implant comprises a surface, a core, a back area for placement on the chest wall of a patient, a front area opposite the back area, the front area comprising a front bottom for placement in the lower pole of a breast, a front top for placement in the upper pole of the breast, and a front intermediate-region for placement under skin of the patient, wherein the reinforced matrix comprises a load bearing macroporous network with an open cell structure, wherein the reinforced matrix comprises at least a first hydrogel or a first water-soluble polymer, and at least a second hydrogel or a second water-soluble polymer, wherein the second hydrogel or second water-soluble polymer surrounds the first hydrogel or the water-soluble polymer except in the back area of the implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.