Patent ID: 6623588
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A61F,B29C,B29K,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a moulded, foil-wrapped breast prosthesis comprisingjoining two foil sheets of a formable plastic material to provide a prosthesis bag, said foil sheets forming a front side and a rear side, respectively, of said bag and said bag having a filling opening; filling said bag with a quantity of a curable compound and thereafter sealing the filling opening of the bag; placing the filled bag into a mould cavity of a mould, said mould cavity having an opening and a bottom wall with a surface corresponding to a desired shape of said front side of the prosthesis, said front side being placed in contact with said bottom wall surface; applying vacuum to said bottom wall of the mould cavity to bring the bag into close contact therewith; whereafter the compound is cured and the moulded prosthesis is removed from the mould, characterized in that the curing is performed without closing the mould cavity at said opening and the vacuum is maintained until at least the compound closest to said front side of the bag placed in close contact with said bottom wall surface is cured.