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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2014
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Edward S. Boyden, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Gregory J. Della Rocca, Columbia, MO (US);
Daniel Hawkins, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Terence Myckatyn, St. Louis, MO (US);
Parag Jitendra Parikh, St. Louis, MO (US);
Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Joshua S. Shimony, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Breast implants including sensor modules and related methods are described herein. Breast implants include those with: a shell configured to be substantially filled with a viscous material; a plurality of projections extending from an external surface of the shell, the projections forming a plurality of compartments adjacent to the external surface of the shell; at least one fluid-permeable cover attached to the projections, the cover completely enveloping the shell and the plurality of projections; and a plurality of sensor modules attached to the shell and positioned at a distance from each other, each of the sensor modules oriented to detect one or more analytes in a fluid within one of the plurality of compartments, wherein each of the plurality of sensor modules includes a unique identifier and is configured to utilize energy transmitted from an external source.