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US 2025/0359983 A1Published application
Breast implants with integrated transponders
AssigneeEstablishment Labs S.A.
InventorsEzequiel Mejia, Randolph Keith Geissler, Juan José Chacón Quirós
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Abstract
The present invention provides, in various embodiments, a breast implant with an RFID transponder embedded therein, so that the implant can be conveniently identified while inside the human body, and methods of making the same.
Claims21
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An implantable medical device comprising:
- a multilayered shell defining a cavity, the multilayered shell including:
- at least one first layer including a silicone elastomer dispersion;
- and
- one or more subsequent layers coupled with the at least one first layer;
- wherein the one or more subsequent layers includes a dispersion different from the at least one first layer;
- a filler disposed within the cavity;
- and
- a transponder located in the filler at a position removed from the multilayered shell;
- wherein the transponder is free-floating in the filler.
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A flexible implantable medical device comprising:
- a shell defining a cavity, the cavity configured to retain a filler, the shell including an aperture;
- a patch secured to an outer surface of the shell;
- wherein a sealed hole is formed in the patch;
- and
- an encapsulated unique device identifier located within the filler;
- wherein the encapsulated unique device identifier is floating in the filler and located remote from an inner surface of the shell.
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An implantable medical device comprising:
- an elastomer shell including one or more layers, the elastomer shell surrounding a cavity;
- wherein the elastomer shell is filled with a fluid or a gel;
- and
- a transponder positioned in the fluid or the gel proximate to a back side of the filled elastomer shell;
- wherein the fluid or the gel is configured to be cured, and the transponder is flexibly fixed in the cured fluid or gel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.