Patent ID: 9700405
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. An expandable mammary tissue implant comprising: a shell having an anterior face and a posterior face having a periphery, the anterior face having an upper pole region and a lower pole region meeting at an apex, and an injection zone for receiving fluid therethrough to inflate the implant; a first reinforcing material having (i) a peripheral rim portion that extends from the periphery of said posterior face and (ii) an upper periphery, said first reinforcing material coupled to the shell such that the first reinforcing material does not extend along the entire anterior face, at least a portion of said first reinforcing material having a lower elasticity proximal to the posterior face and a higher elasticity towards the upper periphery; a second reinforcing material coupled to the shell and extending along a portion of the anterior face of the shell; wherein the first reinforcing material overlaps or abuts the second reinforcing material at or adjacent the upper periphery of the first reinforcing material in the upper pole region wherein a portion of the lower pole region is not reinforced by either the first or second reinforcing material.