Implant made of a reabsorbable ceramic material
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1. An implant for adding or restoring a human soft tissue, comprising a shell and a core covered by the shell, the core and the shell being made of a soft tissue-compatible glass ceramic material with a porous structure formed to facilitate vascularization and ingrowth of the human soft tissue, said material consisting of sintered phosphate glass granules with a grain size of 200-500 μ
- m and being resorbable by a body, wherein the core is formed to be resorbed faster than the shell by the body.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an implant, especially a breast implant, which is made of a biocompatible material with a pore structure. The biocompatible material is preferably designed to be reabsorbable.
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1. An implant for adding or restoring a human soft tissue, comprising a shell and a core covered by the shell, the core and the shell being made of a soft tissue-compatible glass ceramic material with a porous structure formed to facilitate vascularization and ingrowth of the human soft tissue, said material consisting of sintered phosphate glass granules with a grain size of 200-500 μ
- m and being resorbable by a body, wherein the core is formed to be resorbed faster than the shell by the body.
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