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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 17, 2019
Applicant:
William T. Mcclellan, Morgantown, WV (US);
Inventor:
William T. McClellan, Morgantown, WV (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/02 (2016.02); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00792 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00796 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00911 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improvements for use with tissue expanders are provided. A tissue expander includes: a selectively inflatable and deflatable shell that is configured to be implanted; and an access port for selectively inflating and deflating the shell, the access port comprising a sidewall, a base at a first end, and a membrane at a second end opposite the first end wherein the sidewall and the base of the access port are constructed of a material that is non-reactive with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine; and a structure of the access port is composed of a material that has a rate of temperature change lower than that of human tissue.