Breast implant with analyte sensors and internal power source
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1. A breast implant comprising:
- a shell configured to be filled with a viscous material in an interior region of the shell;
a plurality of sensor modules attached at least in part to an exterior of the shell, the sensor modules including at least one chemiresistor oriented to detect one or more analytes indicative of abnormal cellular growth in a fluid adjacent to the exterior of the shell, the sensor modules positioned at a distance from each other, wherein each of the plurality of sensor modules includes a unique identifier; and
at least one power source operably attached to the plurality of sensor modules.
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Abstract
Breast implants including sensor modules and related methods are described herein. Breast implants include those with: a shell configured to be substantially filled with a viscous material; a plurality of sensor modules attached to the shell, the sensor modules oriented to detect one or more analytes in a fluid adjacent to the shell, the sensor modules positioned at a distance from each other, wherein each of the plurality of sensor modules includes a unique identifier; and at least one power source operably attached to the plurality of sensor modules.
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41 Claims
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1. A breast implant comprising:
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a shell configured to be filled with a viscous material in an interior region of the shell; a plurality of sensor modules attached at least in part to an exterior of the shell, the sensor modules including at least one chemiresistor oriented to detect one or more analytes indicative of abnormal cellular growth in a fluid adjacent to the exterior of the shell, the sensor modules positioned at a distance from each other, wherein each of the plurality of sensor modules includes a unique identifier; and at least one power source operably attached to the plurality of sensor modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 41)
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13. A breast implant comprising:
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a shell configured to be filled with a viscous material in an interior region of the shell; a plurality of sensor modules attached at least in part to an exterior of the shell, wherein each of the plurality of sensor modules includes a unique identifier, each of the plurality of sensor modules including at least one chemiresistor oriented to detect one or more analytes indicative of abnormal cellular growth in a fluid adjacent to the exterior of the shell;
at least one processor operably attached to the plurality of sensor modules; and
at least one power source operably attached to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A breast implant comprising:
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a shell configured to be filled with a viscous material in an interior region of the shell; a plurality of sensor modules attached at least in part to an exterior of the shell, the sensor modules including at least one chemiresistor oriented to detect one or more analytes indicative of abnormal cellular growth in a fluid adjacent to the exterior of the shell and wherein each of the plurality of sensor modules includes a unique identifier; at least one processor operably attached to the plurality of sensor modules; at least one power source operably attached to the at least one processor; and at least one transmission unit operably attached to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A breast implant comprising:
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a shell configured to be filled with a viscous material in an interior region of the shell; a plurality of sensor modules attached at least in part to an exterior of the shell, the sensor modules including at least one chemiresistor configured to detect one or more biological analytes indicative of abnormal cellular growth, adjacent to the exterior of the shell, arising from biological tissue;
at least one transmission unit attached to the plurality of sensor modules; and
at least one power source attached to the plurality of sensor modules and to the transmission unit. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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