Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Breast prosthesis – Implantable
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-25
2006-07-25
Isabella, David J. (Department: 3738)
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Breast prosthesis
Implantable
C606S151000, C606S153000, C623S011110
Reexamination Certificate
active
07081135
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for mastopexy surgeries correcting a ptosis condition caused by tissue stretching, in the breast as a result of pregnancy, time, aging, and the effects of gravity and athletic activity provide an implant having homogeneously formed connectors extending from inside an implant wall for anchoring to the chest wall or chest muscles of a patient. Embedded reinforcements and anchoring tabs or sutures may be readily oriented along a rib or other defining physiological location in order to provide immediate, permanent, and symmetric installation of implants in a mastopexy reconstruction.
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Smith Evan Farr
Smith Lane Fielding
Isabella David J.
Pate & Pierce & Baird
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