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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2016
École Polytechnique Fédérale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Amélie Barbara Hildegarde Béduer, Lausanne, CH;
Thomas Braschler, Chavannes-Renens, CH;
Philippe Renaud, Préverenges, CH;
Giorgio Pietramaggiori, Lausanne, CH;
Saja Scherer, Lausanne, CH;
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a scaffold material comprising a plurality of particles of a highly porous polymeric material, characterized in that said scaffold material becomes a shapeable paste once hydrated. The specific features of the particle material impart a special behavior to the scaffold, which can be easily shaped and even highly reversibly compressed, so that in certain aspects it can, if needed, be injected, said capacity to be shaped being maintained over a high range of hydration conditions. A particular aspect of the invention relates, therefore, to the use of such scaffold material for the manufacturing of shapeable body implants, such as breast implants, to the shapeable body implants themselves as well as to non-invasive methods for using thereof in creating or reconstructing a three-dimensional volume in a subject's body part.