Implant device and method

• US 20060136056A1
• Filed: 12/16/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ishay Wohl
• Original Assignee: Ishay Wohl
• Inventors: Wohl, Ishay
• Application Number:
  US11/304,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 623/8
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/12 Mammary prostheses and implants

Abstract

A breast implant includes means for attaching to a patient'"'"'s body at an attaching point located at the upper part of the implant using surgical wire, and for allowing to secure the wire at a securing point located on the lower part of the implant. The means for attaching to a patient'"'"'s body further include two flexible noncompressible tubes for passing the surgical wire up to the attaching point, and back down to the wire securing point. The means for attaching to a patient'"'"'s body further include two pairs of flexible noncompressible tubes for passing the surgical wire up to the attaching point, and back down to the wire securing point.

Claims

1. A breast implant with securing means comprising a breast implant with means to receive a surgical wire so that the surgical wire can be attached to a patient at an upper part of the implant and be tied at a lower part of the implant.

2. The breast implant according to claim 1, wherein the means for attaching to a patient'"'"'s body further include two flexible noncompressible tubes for passing the surgical wire up to the attaching point, and back down to the wire securing point.

3. The breast implant according to claim 1, wherein the means for attaching to a patient'"'"'s body further include two pairs of flexible noncompressible tubes for passing the surgical wire up to the attaching point, and back down to the wire securing point.

4. The breast implant according to claim 1, further including means for achieving a reinforced base for preventing or reducing vertical deformations.

5. The breast implant according to claim 1, further including means for achieving a reinforced base for preventing or reducing vertical deformations in implants filled with cohesive gel.

6. The breast implant according to claim 1, further including means for reinforcing the base of the implant for preventing or reducing vertical deformations in implants filled with non-cohesive gel or saline.

7. The breast implant according to claim 1, wherein the means for attaching to a patient'"'"'s body further include two flexible noncompressible tubes having an about circular or semicircular shape.

8. The breast implant according to claim 1, wherein the implant device further includes horizontal partitions therein, filled with a noncohesive material.”

9. The breast implant according to claim 1, wherein the implant is filled with a cohesive gel and further including reinforcing means attached to the cohesive gel.

10. The breast implant according to claim 9, wherein the reinforcing means include wire loops.

11. The breast implant according to claim 1, wherein the implant is filled with a non-cohesive gel or saline, and wherein the implant includes two or more radial partitions.

12. The breast implant according to claim 11, further including a front volume filled with a non-cohesive gel or saline for preventing rippling in the breast.

20. The breast implant according to claim 1, wherein the implant includes two or more radial partitions and the securing means comprise an upper support which is attached to a patient'"'"'s body.

21. The breast implant according to claim 20, further including a front volume filled with a non-cohesive gel or saline for preventing rippling in the breast.

13. A breast implant with securing means comprising a breast implant with means to receive a surgical wire so that the surgical wire can be attached to a patient at two lateral locations symmetrically located and close to an upper part of the implant, and be tied at a lower location generally at the center part of the implant.

14. The breast implant according to claim 13, wherein the implant is filled with a cohesive gel and further including reinforcing means attached to the cohesive gel.

15. The breast implant according to claim 14, wherein the reinforcing means include wire loops.

16. The breast implant according to claim 13, wherein the implant is filled with a non-cohesive gel or saline, and wherein the implant includes two or more radial partitions.

17. The breast implant according to claim 16, further including a front volume filled with a non-cohesive gel or saline for preventing rippling in the breast.

18. A breast implant with securing means comprising a breast implant filled with a cohesive gel and reinforcing means attached to the cohesive gel and including means for securing to a patient'"'"'s body.

19. The breast implant according to claim 18, wherein the reinforcing means include wire loops.