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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2009
Applicants:

David Knize, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Ilya S. Koyfman, Ringoes, NJ (US);

J. Jenny Yuan, Branchburg, NJ (US);

Michael Hoffman, Somerset, NJ (US);

Donald G. Hill, Branchburg, NJ (US);

Inventors:

David Knize, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Ilya S. Koyfman, Ringoes, NJ (US);

J. Jenny Yuan, Branchburg, NJ (US);

Michael Hoffman, Somerset, NJ (US);

Donald G. Hill, Branchburg, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A substantially flat implant for repositioning a patient's eyebrow that may allow for a gradient lift across the eyebrow. The implant may be geometrically non-symmetrical, and/or may have non-symmetric physical properties. The implant may include a foot portion that extends along a first longitudinal axis and has a length, and a vertical strip portion that extends outwardly from the foot portion along a second longitudinal axis. The strip portion has a length and a width that is smaller than the length of the foot. The second longitudinal axis is offset from the center of the length of the foot portion.


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