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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:
Jul. 31, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hilton Becker, Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-8 ; 623 11 ;
Abstract
An implant and inflating valve construction which includes separate inner and outer membranes each having a separate valve. The outer membrane contains a viscous gel and the inner membrane is inflatable by saline through a removable soft filling tube which passes through the valves. The gel helps seal the valves and around the filling tube when it is in place. The filling tube is stretched during insertion and removal.