Patent ID: 11857409
Assignee: ESTABLISHMENT LABS HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 8:
9. A method of manufacturing, the method comprising:
applying a biocompatible material to a mold surface of a mold to form a shell of a medical implant, wherein the mold surface is prepared by sandblasting the mold surface with a plurality of abrasive particles, wherein an implant surface of the implant in contact with the mold surface, the implant surface having an average roughness of 4.0 μm±2 μm, a skewness value of 0±0.4, and a plurality of peaks having a height of 15 μm±5 μm;
removing the shell from the mold;
inverting the shell so that the implant surface is an outermost surface of the implant; and
filling the shell with a silicone gel so that the silicone gel covers an inner surface of the shell;
wherein the medical implant is configured for uniform radial compression, such that the medical implant withstands elongation and compacting forces during minimally-invasive surgery without separation of the silicone gel from an inner surface of the shell.