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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Mentor Worldwide Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
Luis Alberto Davila, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Anita M. Falcon, Bedford, TX (US);
Krasimira Hristov, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Leo B. Kriksunov, Ithaca, NY (US);
Robert J. Tannhauser, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
MENTOR WORLDWIDE LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An expandable mammary implant including a shell having an anterior face and a posterior face. The anterior has an upper pole portion and a lower pole portion meeting at an apex, and an injection zone for receiving fluid therethrough to inflate the implant. A reinforcement material is coupled to the shell in a reinforcement zone. The reinforcement material is coupled to the shell so as to at least coincide with the upper pole portion and a peripheral rim portion that extends from the posterior face upwardly into said anterior face by a predetermined distance.