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7615074 |
Method and apparatus for reconstructive surgery
A method of biological reconstruction and a device having a major chamber or compartment in the form of the desired anatomy with a shaped chamber inside the main chamber flipped up and held in...
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7575597 |
Method for surgical dissection, sizing and expansion
A method for surgical dissection, sizing and for expansion of a tissue pocket in a naturally occurring fascial cleft is disclosed for use in plastic surgery applications and other applications...
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7575596 |
Two-layer external breast prosthesis with self-shaping feature and process for the manufacture thereof
A two-layer external breast prosthesis comprising a first inner layer comprised of a self-shaping dispersion and a second outer layer comprised of an elastic material, wherein the second outer...
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7520896 |
Breast implant, use of an associated pouch, and method for determination of a breast implant
The breast implant is tailor-made for a patient and comprises an envelope, which is made in particular of silicone elastomer and inside which a filler product 15 is arranged, and also a securing...
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7476249 |
Implantable prosthesis for positioning and supporting a breast implant
An implantable prosthesis for use in positioning a breast implant comprising a sheet of a prosthetic material configured to form a sling-shaped receiving area for receiving and supporting the...
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7452377 |
Biomedical compositions
The invention provides in one form a macromonomer comprising a polysiloxane copolymer having a backbone structure derived from siloxane monomer units that are substituted or unsubstituted...
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RE40487 |
Method for forming a breast prothesis
A method for forming the outer surface of a breast prosthesis is disclosed. A digital, three-dimensional image is formed of a patient's breast using a computerized scanner. A computer-controlled...
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7282062 |
Method for surgical dissection, sizing and expansion
A method for surgical dissection, sizing and for expansion of a tissue pocket in a naturally occurring fascial cleft is disclosed for use in plastic surgery applications and other applications...
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7255770 |
Method for laser welding flexible polymers
The present invention concerns methods for joining flexible polymer workpieces using light energy. These methods, referred to as laser welding, can be used to join thermoplastic or thermoset...
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7169180 |
System and method for breast augmentation
A system for breast augmentation includes a plurality of microballoons. An injector can be provided for injecting microballoons into a breast through an incision in the breast. The microballoons...
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7137995 |
Breast implant injector and method of use
A breast implant injector device comprising a hollow guide cylinder having an open injection end and an opposed filling end, the cylinder having an elongated slot extending from the injection end...
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7122054 |
Breast prosthesis having an adhesive layer
A breast prosthesis has an adhesive element which forms a continuous surface conforming to the back section of the prosthesis which faces the user. One side of the adhesive element is detachably...
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7081136 |
Adjustable gel filled mammary prosthesis and method
An adjustable gel filled mammary implant includes inner and outer envelopes with the outer envelope containing about 95% of its volume filled with a silicone gel or the like. The inner envelope is...
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7081135 |
Mastopexy stabilization apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for mastopexy surgeries correcting a ptosis condition caused by tissue stretching, in the breast as a result of pregnancy, time, aging, and the effects of gravity and...
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7058439 |
Methods of forming prostheses
A breast prosthesis may be formed by forming an outer layer on a mold, and filling the mold with a polymerizable foaming composition. The mold may be formed by forming a computer model of the...
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6991652 |
Tissue engineering composite
The invention provides a biocompatible composite for use in a living subject for purposes of repairing damaged tissues and reconstructing a new tissue. The composite includes a biodegradable or...
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6981988 |
Breast implant sizing system
A method for selecting a properly sized breast implant by first providing a breast ruler, at least one pair of flexible, fillable implant devices, and a liquid measuring device adapted to fill the...
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6969400 |
Synthetic implant with nonimmunogenicity coating
Provided are crosslinked polymer compositions that include a first synthetic polymer containing multiple nucleophilic groups covalently bound to a second synthetic polymer containing multiple...
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6955690 |
Mammary prosthesis made of polyacrylamide hydrogel
The present invention relates to a mammary prosthesis made of polyacrylamide hydrogel. Said prosthesis include a shell which is made of medical high polymer elastic material, such as silicone, and...
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6932840 |
Implant device
A human or animal implant device including a first, inner sealed silicone sheet sac, a second, intermediate sealed silicone sheet sac completely surrounding the first, inner sac, and a third, outer...
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6921418 |
Dual-sided, texturized biocompatible structure
A soft tissue expander has enhanced performance through use of differential and directional expandability, continuous expansion capability, increased base and dimensional stability, increased soft...
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6916339 |
Breast prosthesis
The invention concerns an implantable breast prosthesis comprising a soft pouch capable of a containing filler substance such as a physiological serum or a silicone gel and which is made...
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6913626 |
Medical implant having bioabsorbable textured surface
A hybrid medical implant having a biocompatible, nonabsorbable core portion and a bioabsorbable textured outer surface portion overlying the core portion. The hybrid implant is useful as a...
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6881226 |
Bioabsorbable breast implant
A breast implant has at least an outer shell which is composed of a resorbable material. The implant, which can be formed entirely of bioresorbable material such as a collagen foam, is sized and...
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6875233 |
Hinging breast implant
A hinging breast implant capable a being variably sized and that includes an exterior shell and an inner bladder is described. The exterior shell is typically a bellows having a plurality of pleats...
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6811570 |
Implant made of a reabsorbable ceramic material
The invention relates to an implant, especially a breast implant, which is made of a biocompatible material with a pore structure. The biocompatible material is preferably designed to be reabsorbable.
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6802861 |
Structured breast implant
A surgically implantable prosthetic device includes a first shell having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and enclosing a lumen, wherein the lumen enclosed by the first shell is able to...
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6755861 |
Device for providing a portion of an organism with a desired shape
A method of breast reconstruction utilizes a breast prosthesis having a plurality of chambers or compartments distributed through a body member or shell in the form of a breast. The chambers are...
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6743254 |
Tissue expander with protection against accidental puncture
The mammary prostheses of the invention have a self-sealing area in the upper pole region of the anterior face. The self-sealing area is greater than that of a traditional filling port, and reduces...
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6692527 |
Non-rotating breast implant
A non-rotating anatomical-shaped breast implant having a front side with a smooth surface and a rear side with a textured surface. A smooth surface ripples or wrinkles little, if at all. Rippling...
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6668836 |
Method for tissue expansion using pulsatile motion
A method of increasing the rate of expansion of tissue area and volume, either in vivo or in vitro, which comprises preparing a tissue for expansion and subjecting the tissue to stretching forces,...
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6666893 |
Absorbable tissue expander
A method of reconstructing tissue is provided. The method includes implanting an absorbable tissue expander having a fluid-tight or semipermeable envelope and having a bio-absorbable biocompatible...
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6605116 |
Reinforced radius mammary prostheses and soft tissue expanders
The prosthesis of the invention are configured such that the average thickness of the shell in the region where the posterior and anterior faces meet is greater, e.g., at least twice, the average...
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6588432 |
Tissue expander magnetic injection port
A magnetic injection port assembly for a tissue expander system or similar inflatable medical device. The injection port assembly includes an injection port body having a cavity, a needle guard...
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6544287 |
Solid filled implants
A container for a tissue implantable solid filler material is disclosed. The filler material can be directly inserted into a cavity within the tissue or into a shell can be inserted into the cavity...
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6544100 |
Push-up bra pad
A push-up bra has an envelope between the front panel and the rear panel of the bra cups, that receives a flexible pouch containing a mixture of water and a hygroscopic agent such as 70%...
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6537318 |
Use of glucomannan hydrocolloid as filler material in prostheses
A prosthetic device for implantation into a mammalian body comprised of a non-absorbable biocompatible flexible material shell or sac filled with various biocompatible gel filler materials. The gel...
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6464726 |
Breast implant system and method of augmentation
A system and method for augmenting a woman's breasts is claimed. The system includes two separate breast prostheses that are used to enhance each single breast. A first breast prosthesis is...
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6451139 |
Method for making breast prosthesis
The invention relates to a breast prosthesis for breast-amputated women with a flexible plastic body comprising two plastic sheets connected to each other along their common edge and a plastic mass...
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6443986 |
Self-forming prosthetic device and method of making the same
The present invention is directed to a self-forming prosthetic device. The present invention is further directed to a method of making the self-forming prosthetic device. In addition, the present...
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6432138 |
Controlled porosity 3-D fabric breast prosthesis
A biocompatable nonbiodegradable breast prosthesis comprises a generally conical shell filled with a resilient mass comprised of a multiplicity of layers of resiliently compressible fabric. The...
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6403758 |
Bioresorbable compositions for implantable prostheses
Crosslinked compositions formed from a water-insoluble copolymer are disclosed. These compositions are copolymers having a bioresorbable region, a hydrophilic region and at least two crosslinkable...
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6387379 |
Biofunctional surface modified ocular implants, surgical instruments, medical devices, prostheses, contact lenses and the like
A method for modifying the surface of a material adapted for contact with tissue of a human or non-human animal to impart biofunctional, bioactive or biomimetic properties to the surface...
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6387133 |
Reconstruction implant
A reconstruction implant ( 10 ) of predetermined shape has a deformable outer envelope ( 12 ) containing a filler liquid ( 15 ) whose viscosity is substantially equal to that of water. The...
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6315796 |
Flexible seamless memory tissue expanding implant
A flexible, seamless tissue expanding implant with predetermined memory shape to augment tissue for accurate anatomical restoration for alloplastic reconstruction. The implant is a hollow shape...
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6312466 |
Prosthesis containing a solution of polyethylene glycol
There is disclosed medical prostheses filled with an aqueous solution of polyethylene glycol. The aqueous solution can be a saline solution. There is also disclosed a method of making such medical...
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6290723 |
Method of making a synthetic triglyceride filler material
A filler material for a surgically implantable prosthesis comprised of a synthetic triglyceride having a viscosity substantially greater than that of naturally occurring triglycerides is provided....
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6280760 |
Peptide-coated implants and methods for producing same
The invention describes the possibility of the biofunctionalization of biomaterials, in particular implants, by their made-to-measure coating with synthesized cell- or tissue-selective RGD peptides...
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6251137 |
Synthetic triglyceride filler material for surgically implanted prostheses
A filler material for a surgically implantable prosthesis comprised of a synthetic triglyceride having a viscosity substantially greater than that of naturally occurring triglycerides is provided....
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6250306 |
Assessment of ischemic wound healing therapeutics
The present invention is directed to the assessment of ischemic wound therapeutics by characterizing wound healing parameters such as epithelialization, granulation tissue formation and...
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