Systems and methods for mastopexy
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1. An implant for securing a breast of a patient in a lifted position, the implant comprising:
- a lower pole support comprising a body having a low-profile configuration, and a self-deploying 3D pre-determined configuration larger than the low-profile configuration, and wherein said 3D pre-determined configuration is sized such that the body substantially spans a lower pole of the breast when deployed wherein the body comprises a shape-memory material that imparts the 3D pre-determined configuration onto the breast when unconstrained.
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Abstract
A mastopexy implant for maintaining the breast in an elevated and aesthetically pleasing position includes a lower pole support comprising end portions which may be affixed to the chest wall or to a previously installed upper suspension strut. The implant is loaded in an insertion device. The insertion device is inserted through a small incision and into a subcutaneous pocket created in an inferior half of the breast. The lower pole support may have various constructs and in one embodiment includes a unitary conformable mesh having a plurality of arm or band members which are attached across the breast parenchyma and to the chest wall.
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1. An implant for securing a breast of a patient in a lifted position, the implant comprising:
a lower pole support comprising a body having a low-profile configuration, and a self-deploying 3D pre-determined configuration larger than the low-profile configuration, and wherein said 3D pre-determined configuration is sized such that the body substantially spans a lower pole of the breast when deployed wherein the body comprises a shape-memory material that imparts the 3D pre-determined configuration onto the breast when unconstrained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An implant for securing a breast of a patient in a lifted position, the implant comprising:
- a lower pole support comprising a body having a low-profile configuration, and a self-deploying 3D pre-determined configuration larger than the low-profile configuration, and wherein said 3D pre-determined configuration is sized such that the body substantially spans a lower pole of the breast when deployed; and
wherein the body further comprises a mesh, sheet, fabric, woven construct, knitted construct, braided construct, porous scaffold, nanospun, electrospun, or melt-blown construct, and wherein the body is made of a shape-memory material to impart the 3D pre-determined configuration onto the breast.
- a lower pole support comprising a body having a low-profile configuration, and a self-deploying 3D pre-determined configuration larger than the low-profile configuration, and wherein said 3D pre-determined configuration is sized such that the body substantially spans a lower pole of the breast when deployed; and
- 20. A breast implant comprising a 3D shaped body made of a soft-tissue promoting resorbable scaffold and support or a long-lasting resorbable matrix, said soft-tissue promoting resorbable scaffold adapted to allow tissue ingrowth thereby imparting a fuller contour to the breast.
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