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Device and method for making a variable surface breast implant

  • US 9,688,006 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2013
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for making a textured breast implant, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a breast implant mandrel comprising a base and a stem depending from the base, the mandrel being covered with a silicone elastomer shell;

    providing a device comprising;

    a member structured to engage the breast implant mandrel, the member including a base-engaging distal portion and a stem-engaging proximal portion depending from the base-engaging distal portion,wherein the base-engaging distal portion comprises a base-engaging surface, an aperture defined in the base-engaging surface, and a proximally sloping rim circumscribing the base-engaging surface, andwherein the stem-engaging proximal portion is structured to receive the stem of the mandrel,securing the device to the mandrel over the silicone elastomer shell;

    coating the breast implant mandrel with a tacky elastomer;

    immersing the breast implant mandrel and device secured thereto into a bath of texturing particles;

    removing the device from the mandrel;

    curing the tacky elastomer; and

    removing the texturing particles after the curing,wherein the member provides a barrier preventing the texturing particles from contacting a portion of the mandrel and silicone elastomer shell thereover during the immersing so that the portion remains smooth or untextured after the curing.

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