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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Lipocosm, Llc, Key Biscayne, FL (US);
Inventors:
Roger K. Khouri, Key Biscayne, FL (US);
Khalil R. Khouri, Key Biscayne, FL (US);
Thomas Morgan Biggs, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
LIPOCOSM, LLC, Key Biscayne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 7/00 (2006.01); A41C 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A41C 3/10 (2013.01); A61B 90/02 (2016.02); A61H 9/0057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00796 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2205/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue expander having a shell, an opening in the shell in communication with an external vacuum source to apply a vacuum within the shell and impart a distracting force to expand tissue, and a rim connected to the shell and adapted to be in contact with a skin of a patient. The rim is non-fixedly attached to the skin of the patient and moves laterally outwardly with respect to the shell under application of the vacuum.