INFLATABLE PROSTHESES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20200268504A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16874606

    申请日:2020-05-14

    Applicant: Allergan, Inc.

    Abstract: A prosthesis can include a shell and a needle guard coupled to a posterior portion of the shell. The shell can include a laminate having a base layer, a top layer, and a soft silicone gel intermediate layer disposed between the base layer and the top layer and of sufficient thickness for self-sealing of a needle hole therethrough. The needle guard can include a plurality of offset layers of offset, puncture-resistance structures that, in an expanded state, (i) collectively form a concave shape and (ii) provide a concave exterior surface along the posterior portion of the prosthesis for approximating a human anatomical feature. The needle guard can have a shape memory characteristic for urging the prosthesis toward the expanded state.

    Production of rounded salt particles

    公开(公告)号:US10093548B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15607338

    申请日:2017-05-26

    Applicant: Allergan, Inc.

    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of preparing spherical salt particles for industrial, medical, and other uses. The methods can include combining the angular salt particles with a quantity of finishing media, for example, into a receptacle. Thereafter, the angular salt particles and the finishing media can be moved or agitated until the angular salt particles have a desired sphericity.

    Method of making a reinforced prosthetic implant with flexible shell
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    Method of making a reinforced prosthetic implant with flexible shell 有权
    制造具有柔性外壳的增强假体植入物的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09486308B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-08

    申请号:US14088163

    申请日:2013-11-22

    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.

    Abstract: A fluid-filled soft prosthetic implant having a shell with a reinforced shell wall. The soft prosthetic implant may be for breast reconstruction or augmentation, or to restore the normal appearance of soft tissue in the buttocks, chin, calf, etc. The implants may be reinforced using several methods: reinforcement of the shell wall, non-homogeneous gel-filling, or both. At least a portion of the perimeter region desirably has a shell wall thickness greater than the average shell wall thickness of either the anterior face or the posterior face. The added material at the perimeter region strengthens that area in which a large percentage of implant ruptures occur. The reinforced perimeter also helps prevent the implant from collapsing or folding, which can cause undesirable rippling or wrinkling visible through the patient's skin. The remainder of the shell will desirably have a nominal wall thickness to retain the overall softness and supple feel of the implant. The implant shell may be filled with gels of different gel cohesiveness to counterbalance any reinforced area or to provide added reinforcement.

    Abstract translation: 一种流体填充的软假体植入体,其具有带加强壳壁的外壳。 软假体植入物可用于乳房重建或增大,或恢复臀部,下巴,小腿等软组织的正常外观。可以使用几种方法来增强植入物:增强壳壁,非均匀凝胶 填充,或两者。 周边区域的至少一部分理想地具有大于前面或后面的平均壳壁厚度的壳壁厚度。 在周边区域添加的材料增强了其中发生大量植入物破裂的区域。 增强的周边还有助于防止植入物塌陷或折叠,这可能导致不期望的波纹或起皱,通过患者的皮肤可见。 壳体的其余部分将期望具有标称壁厚度以保持植入物的整体柔软度和柔软感。 植入物外壳可以填充不同凝胶粘结性的凝胶,以平衡任何加强区域或提供附加的增强。

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