Patent ID: 9114003
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical method, comprising: providing an acellular dermal matrix; suturing the acellular dermal matrix to a pectoralis muscle of a patient; providing a breast implant defining a perimeter with a shape and one or more dimensions; providing a breast implant template comprising a generally flat and planar sheet of a flexible material defining a perimeter with a shape and one or more dimensions substantially matching the shape and the dimensions of the perimeter of the breast implant; inserting the breast implant template under the pectoralis muscle; selecting a position of a fixation suture line on a chest wall of the patient based on a position of the perimeter of the breast implant template; removing the breast implant template from the patient; suturing the acellular dermal matrix to the chest wall along the fixation suture line after removing the breast implant template from the patient; and inserting the breast implant between the pectoralis muscle and the chest wall in a pocket defined at least in part by the acellular dermal matrix.