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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Winston A Andrews, Danville, CA (US);
David Nelson, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard W Novy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lipomatrix Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 11 ; 623 66 ; 623 16 ; 427-224 ; 427202 ; 427224 ; 427264 ;
Abstract
A method for forming an open cell texturized surface in a silicone elastomer layer of a breast implant, or other medical implant, is created by forming a layer of uncured silicone elastomer, applying a coating of particles to the surface thereof, and curing the layer by heating it at an elevated temperature which also volatilizes the particles such that their constituent gases boil through the surface of the layer and create the texturing.
Published as:
CA2175898A1; WO9512419A2; AU1895195A; WO9512419A3; US5545220A; EP0726782A1; BR9407978A; AU683733B2; EP0726782B1; ATE224741T1; DE69431438D1; CA2175898C; DE69431438T2;