Post-biopsy cavity treatment implants and methods
First Claim
1. A method of treating a cavity created by a percutaneous excisional procedure carried out through an incision, comprising the steps of:
- providing a post-procedure cavity implant, the post-procedure cavity implant including;
a radiopaque element;
a core portion coupled to the radiopaque element, the core portion including a first porous matrix defining a first controlled pore architecture, anda shell portion coupled to the core portion, the shell portion including a second porous matrix defining a second controlled pore architecture that is different from the first controlled pore architecture;
implanting the post-procedure cavity implant into the cavity, andclosing the incision.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method of treating a cavity created by a percutaneous excisional procedure carried out through an incision includes steps of providing a post-procedure cavity implant, the post-procedure cavity implant including: a radiopaque element; a core portion coupled to the radiopaque element, the core portion including a first porous matrix defining a first controlled pore architecture, and a shell portion coupled to the core portion, the shell portion including a second porous matrix defining a second controlled pore architecture that is different from the first controlled pore architecture; implanting the post-procedure cavity implant into the cavity, and closing the incision.
-
Citations
70 Claims
-
1. A method of treating a cavity created by a percutaneous excisional procedure carried out through an incision, comprising the steps of:
-
providing a post-procedure cavity implant, the post-procedure cavity implant including; a radiopaque element; a core portion coupled to the radiopaque element, the core portion including a first porous matrix defining a first controlled pore architecture, and a shell portion coupled to the core portion, the shell portion including a second porous matrix defining a second controlled pore architecture that is different from the first controlled pore architecture; implanting the post-procedure cavity implant into the cavity, and closing the incision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
-
-
36. A method of treating a cavity created by an excisional procedure, comprising the steps of:
-
selecting a first biodegradation rate range; selecting a second biodegradation rate range that is different from the first biodegradation rate range; providing a post-procedure cavity implant, the post-procedure cavity implant including; a radiopaque element; a core portion coupled to the radiopaque element, the core portion being configured to biodegrade at a first effective rate within the first biodegradation rate range, and a shell portion coupled to the core portion, the shell portion being configured to biodegrade at a second effective rate within the second biodegradation rate range, and implanting the post-procedure cavity implant within the cavity. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
-
Specification