Absorbable implants for plastic surgery

An absorbable implant for plastic surgery procedures comprising a porous biodegradable polymeric scaffold formed into an asymmetric shape, minimizing any buckling or bunching of the implant upon placement,

• wherein the body of the implant has a teardrop shape;
• wherein the teardrop has a width to height ratio ranging from 10:1 to 1.5 to 1,
• wherein the width of the teardrop is the longest distance measured between any two points,
• wherein the height of the teardrop is the longest distance measured perpendicular to the width;
• and
• wherein the implant is used in breast surgery procedures, including mastopexy and breast reconstruction.

An absorbable implant for plastic surgery procedures comprising a porous biodegradable polymeric scaffold formed into a two-dimensional shape designed to contour to the breast mound or breast parenchyma without buckling, bunching, or folding over itself wherein the implant has a shape selected from one or more of the following:

• (i) substantially the shape of FIG. 4 wherein the width (W) of the implant is between 18 cm and 36 cm, and the height (H) of the implant is between 6 cm and 14 cm;
• (ii) substantially the shape of FIG. 5 wherein the width (W) of the implant is between 10 cm and 26 cm, and the height (H) of the implant is between 6 cm and 14 cm;
• (iii) substantially the shape of FIG. 6 wherein the width (W) of the implant is between 18 cm and 34 cm, and the height (H) of the implant is between 8 cm and 16 cm;
• (iv) substantially the shape of FIG. 10 wherein the width (W) of the implant is between 10 to 25.5 cm, and the height (H) of the implant is between 5 to 11 cm;
• (v) substantially the shape of FIG. 11 wherein the implant has a width (W) between 22 and 30 cm, a height (H1) between 8.5 and 13 cm, a height (H2) between 6.5 and 11 cm, a perimeter notch gap (N1) between 0.5 and 4 cm, and a tab width (N2) between 1 and 2 cm;
• and (vi) substantially the shape of FIG. 12 wherein the implant has a width (W) between 22 and 30 cm, a height (H) between 7.5 and 11 cm, a perimeter notch gap (N1) between 0.5 and 4 cm, and a tab width (N2) between 1 and 2 cm and wherein the implant is used in breast surgery procedures, including mastopexy and breast reconstruction.

An absorbable implant for plastic surgery procedures comprising a porous biodegradable polymeric scaffold formed into a three-dimensional shape, minimizing any buckling or bunching of the implant upon placement;

• wherein the scaffold:
• (a) is designed to contour to the breast mound or breast parenchyma without buckling, bunching, or folding over itself;
• and has a partial dome shape substantially the shape shown in FIG. 7, wherein the width (W) of the implant is between 12 and 24 cm, the height (H) measured from the floor or base of the dome to the highest point is between 2 and 10 cm, the depth (D) of the dome is between 2.5 cm and 10 cm, and the angle θ is preferably between 30° and 90° , or
• (b) has shape memory, and is designed to confer shape to the breast;
• and the three-dimensional shape is selected from one from the group consisting of a hemisphere, a hemi-ellipsoid, a dome, a partial dome, a shape with a width of 8 to 20 cm at the base, a shape with a height or radius of curvature of 5 to 14 cm, a shape with a width that is 1 to 2 cm less than the width of the patient's breast when measured prior to surgery, and a shape with a height that is 0.5 to 5 cm less than the patient's nipple-IMF distance after mastopexy.