Soft prosthesis shell texturing method
US8313527B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/0086
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of texturing a soft prosthetic implant shell, such as a silicone breast implant shell. A soft prosthetic implant with a textured external surface layer of silicone elastomer and having an open-cell structure is made by adhering and then dissolving round salt crystals. The resulting roughened surface has enhanced physical properties relative to surfaces formed with angular salt crystals. An implant having such a textured external surface layer is expected to help prevent capsular contraction, to help prevent scar formation, and to help in anchoring the implant within the body.
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