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Reinforced radius mammary prostheses and soft tissue expanders

  • US 6,605,116 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2001
  • Issued: 08/12/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable prosthesis comprising an elastomeric shell having an anterior face, a posterior face, a perimeter region where the anterior face and the posterior face meet, and a smoothly curved transition between the posterior face and the anterior face, wherein the average thickness of the shell in at least a reinforced portion of the perimeter region is greater than the average thickness of the shell in the anterior face, wherein the reinforced portion of the perimeter region extends less than 2 inches, but more than 0.5 inches onto the anterior face of the prosthesis, and wherein there is a smooth transition between the reinforced portion of the perimeter region and the anterior face of the shell on the exterior surface of the shell.

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