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PROSTHESIS WITH FIXATION MEANS

  • US 3,852,832 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1972
  • Issued: 12/10/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN COMBINATION:

  • A FLEXIBLE AND PLIABLE PROSTHESIS HAVING AN EXTERIOR WALL, AND FIXATION MEANS COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE SHEETLIKE BODY ATTACHED TO THE EXTERIOR WALL AT THE EDGE OF THE BODY, THE AREA OF THE BODY AND THE AREA OF THAT PORTION OF THE EXTERIOR WALL IT COVERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL, THE BODY HAVING A FIRST SURFACE FACING AWAY FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL, A SECOND SURFACE FACING TOWARD THE EXTERIOR WALL, THE FIRST AND SECOND SURFACES BEING GENERALLY PARALLEL AND COMPRISING THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY, AND A PLURALITY OF THIRD SURFACES JOINING THE FIRST AND SECOND SURFACES, THERE BEING A PLURALITY OF PERFORATIONS PASSING THROUGH THE BODY AND EXTENDING BETWEEN AND INTERCONNECTING THE FIRST AND SECOND SURFACES, EACH PERFORATION HAVING A SIDEWALL, EACH SIDEWALL FORMING A RESPECTIVE THIRD SURFACE, AND SPACER MEANS SPACING THE SECOND SURFACE FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL, WHEREBY THE SAID THREE SURFACES ARE CONTACTIBLE BY TISSUE WHICH WILL THEREBY EMBRACE PORTIONS OF THE BODY AND HOLD THE PROSTHESIS IN PLACE, SAID SURFACES BEING IMPERVIOUS TO INGROWTH OF TISSUE.

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