US 5,824,075 AGranted

Custom formed natural fit artificial breast appliance

OwnerJanice Marie Thielbarinventor

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Abstract

The breast appliance and method of making of the present invention is adaptive to a variety of situations ranging from a first embodiment where impressions of both breasts of a client are available for molding, a second embodiment where a single breast is available for molding, a third embodiment where a sensitive nipple or an augmentative breast appliance is to be formed, and a fourth embodiment where breast appliances are formed from a client having neither breast available for molding. If client's impression is made before surgery, a positive impression can be made directly from a negative mold. A molded silicone form or clay form is used to prepare a breast appliance front mold and a breast appliance back mold. Skin type nipple and breast skin silicone is first introduced into the mold before closure. After closure, a silicone gel is introduced into the cured skin silicone envelope, with removal of air and bubbles using an exit tube. After complete curing the breast appliance is removed from the mold, and worn against the surgical area with an ordinary bra, or directly onto the client's chest wall using a liquid adhesive to adhere the appliance to the body.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A breast appliance for conformance to the chest surface of a wearer comprising:

a mass of partially cured silicone;
a layer of skin silicone material enveloping and cured with and to said mass of partially cured silicone, such that said mass of partially cured silicone will not separate from said layer of skin silicone, a portion of said layer of skin silicone material having a back wall molded to conform to an impression taken from the chest of the wearer, said back wall having a tapering edge about the periphery of said back wall to assist in blending said breast appliance into an area of surrounding skin of said wearer, said skin silicone material having a front portion continuous with said tapering edge of said back wall and having a first shade of color additive dispersed within a volume of material of said skin portion of said front portion, and having a second shade of color additive different than said first shade of color additive dispersed within a volume of material of a nipple portion of said front portion of said skin silicone material, said nipple portion continuous with and cured to said skin portion and having a greater hardness than said skin portion of said front portion of the layer of skin silicone material and;
wherein a third shade of color additive is dispersed throughout said mass of partially cured silicone;
and wherein said first and said second and said third shades of color additive are a face powder dispersion color additive and form a suspension having color and depth tones comparable with a surface color and a depth of skin tone of said wearer.

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Facts

Application: 08/864,178Filed 28 May 1997 · continuation
Priority: 23 Jun 1994
Granted: 20 Oct 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A61F 2/52
Prostheses not implantable in the body: mammary prostheses
A61F 2/5046
Designing or manufacturing processes: for designing or making customized prostheses, e.g. using templates, finite-element analysis or CAD-CAM…
A61F 2002/505
For designing or making customized prostheses, e.g. using templates, finite-element analysis or CAD-CAM techniques: using CAD-CAM techniques or…
A61F 2002/5053
For designing or making customized prostheses, e.g. using templates, finite-element analysis or CAD-CAM techniques: using a positive or a negative…