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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven R Jefferies, Baltimore, MD (US);
Robert J Spence, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Collagenix Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-8 ; 128D / ;
Abstract
A single lumen implantable and biocompatible breast prosthesis composed of an outer membrane of silastic, medical grade silicone, and an inner filling material selected from the group consisting of purified reconstituted collagen gel and a purified gel of poly-alpha amino acid homopolymers or random copolymers having a molecular weight of from 5,000 to 400,000. The purified reconstituted collagen gel has a collagen concentration of from 20 to 100 milligrams per milliliter of gel.