COMPOUND PROSTHESIS

• US 3,559,214 A
• Filed: 10/17/1968
• Issued: 02/02/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bonny Kenneth, Mentor Corporation (Johnson & Johnson), Stephen B. Paige
• Original Assignee: William J. Pangman
• Inventors: Pangman, William J.
• Application Number:
  US04/768,315
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• US Class Current: 623/8
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/12 Mammary prostheses and implants

Abstract

A COMPOUND PROSTHESIS FOR SURGICAL IMPLANTATION IS PROVIDED WITH INTERNAL PARTITIONS THAT DIVIDE THE HOLLOW CONTAINER INTO A PLURALITY OF INTERNAL COMPARTMENTS. EACH OF THE COMPARTMENTS IS SUBSTANTIALLY FILLED WITH A SOFT FLUID GEL WHICH ALLOWS THE PROSTHESIS TO CHANGE SHAPE READILY, BUT THE COMPARTMENTALIZATION MINIMIZES ANY VISIBLE CHANGE IN SHAPE DUE TO MOVEMENTS OF THE WEARER.

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