Breast augmentation procedure

• US 20080086209A1
• Filed: 12/01/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Birsect LLC
• Original Assignee: Birsect LLC
• Inventors: Bircoll, Melvyn
• Application Number:
  US11/998,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20080086209A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 623/8
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0095 Packages or dispensers for prostheses or other implants for intraocular lenses A61F2/1691; for dental surgery A61C19/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/12 Mammary prostheses and implants

Abstract

A medical procedure for the placement and inflation of an implant such as a breast implant. Once an implant site has been identified, a cavity is created and a sheath is inserted thereinto. The sheath contains a pre-sterilized and pre-packaged inflatable implant. The implant is property oriented and then the sheath is withdrawn from site while maintaining the implant within the surgical site. The implant is then inflated via a fill tube and a self-sealing valve. Finally, the fill tube is removed.

Claims

1. A medical procedure comprising the steps of:

a) identifying an implant site within a patient;

b) creating a cavity within the patient at the implant site;

c) inserting a sheath into the implant site, said sheath having a pre-sterilized and pre-packaged inflatable implant therein, said implant having a fill tube extending therefrom;

d) opening an end of the sheath to expose the implant;

e) withdrawing the sheath from the implant site while maintaining the implant within the surgical site; and

,

f) filling the implant via the fill tube.

2. The medical procedure according to claim 1,

a) wherein the fill tube has a self-sealing valve;

and,

b) further including the step of, after the step of filling the implant, removing the fill tube from the implant.

3. The medical procedure according to claim 2, further including the step of, after inserting a sheath into the implant site, orienting said sheath within the cavity at the implant site.

4. The medical procedure according to claim 3, further including the step of, before the step of opening an end of the sheath, releasing the implant from said sheath.

5. The medical procedure according to claim 4, wherein the step of opening an end of the sheath includes the step of pulling a wire to dislodge pins holding the implant to the sheath.

6. The medical procedure according to claim 1, wherein the step of withdrawing the sheath includes the simultaneous steps of:

a) pressing a rod onto the implant to maintain the implant within the implant site; and

,

b) pulling the sheath from the implant site.

7. The medical procedure according to claim 1, wherein the step of opening an end of the sheath includes the step of opening a hinged distal end of the sheath.

8. A implant procedure comprising the steps of:

a) inserting a sheath into an implant site, said sheath having a pre-sterilized and pre-packaged inflatable implant therein;

b) orienting the sheath in the implant site;

c) opening an end of the sheath to expose the implant; and

,

d) withdrawing the sheath from the implant site while maintaining the implant within the surgical site.

9. The implant procedure according to claim 8, further including the step of creating a cavity within the patient at the implant site prior to the step of inserting a sheath into an implant site.

10. The implant procedure according to claim 9,

a) wherein said implant includes a fill tube extending therefrom together with a self-sealing valve;

and,

b) further including the step of filling the implant via the fill tube after the step of withdrawing the sheath from the implant site.

11. The implant procedure according to claim 10, further including the step of, after the step of filling the implant, removing the fill tube from the implant.

12. The implant procedure according to claim 11,

a) wherein said implant is secured to the sheath;

and,

b) further including the step of releasing the implant from the sheath prior to the step of withdrawing the sheath.

13. The implant procedure according to claim 8, wherein the step of withdrawing the sheath includes the simultaneous steps of:

a) pressing a rod onto the implant to maintain the implant within the implant site; and

,

b) pulling the sheath from the implant site.

14. The implant procedure according to claim 8, wherein the step of opening an end of the sheath includes the step of opening a hinged distal end of the sheath.

15. A medical procedure comprising the steps of:

a) identifying an implant site within a patient;

b) creating a cavity within the patient at the implant site;

c) inserting a sheath into the implant site, said sheath having a pre-sterilized and pre-packaged inflatable implant therein, said implant having a fill tube extending therefrom and a self-sealing valve;

d) orienting said sheath within the implant site;

e) opening an end of the sheath to expose the implant;

f) withdrawing the sheath from the implant site while maintaining the implant within the surgical site;

g) filling the implant via the fill tube and the self-sealing valve; and

,

h) removing the fill tube from the implant.

16. The medical procedure according to claim 15,

a) wherein said implant is secured to the sheath;

and,

b) further including the step of releasing the implant from said sheath.

17. The medical procedure according to claim 16, wherein the step of opening an end of the sheath includes the step of pulling a wire to dislodge pins holding the implant to the sheath.

18. The medical procedure according to claim 15, wherein the step of withdrawing the sheath includes the simultaneous steps of:

a) pressing a rod onto the implant to maintain the implant within the implant site; and

,

b) pulling the sheath from the implant site.

19. The medical procedure according to claim 15, wherein the step of opening an end of the sheath includes the step of opening a hinged distal end of the sheath.