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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
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); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A61H 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 19/32 (2013.01); A61H 9/0057 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1246 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1619 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2205/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue expander configured to be worn by a user having a shell having an aperture formed within the shell to receive tissue expanded by a distracting force. The shell has a skirt providing a skin contact surface area against the skin of the patient, the aperture defining an aperture surface area, wherein the skin contact surface area is greater than the aperture surface area, and wherein the skirt is non-fixedly attached to the skin of the patient and slides laterally outwardly.