×

Systems and methods for mastopexy

  • US 9,277,986 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2014
  • Issued: 03/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A mastopexy implant for securing a breast of a patient in a lifted position, the implant comprising:

  • a flexible lower pole support comprising an upper region and a lower region so dimensioned as to substantially span a portion of a lower pole of the breast and not cover a NAC of the breast; and

    wherein the lower region has a different shape than the upper region, andwherein the upper region comprises a plurality of upper attachment end portions so dimensioned as to attach to supportive tissue of the patient in the vicinity of a superior side of the breast and said lower region comprises a plurality of lower attachment end portions so dimensioned as to attach to supportive tissue in the vicinity of a IMF, and wherein the entire flexible lower pole support is a unitary structure.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×