Patent ID: 7758649

Claim:
A reversibly deformable biocompatible implant suitable for positioning within a particularly dimensioned body cavity, comprising: a substantially resilient porous state member formed from a reticulated material having a plurality of deformable cavities, said deformable cavities having resilient walls, said substantially resilient porous state member is reversibly deformable between a first expanded state and a second compressed state, said first expanded state being larger in volume than said second compressed state, said deformable cavities being reduced in size as the resilient walls are compressed in said second compressed state; a containment member surrounding and completely enclosing said substantially resilient porous state member, the complete enclosure of said containment member over said substantially resilient porous state member maintains a vacuum only when said substantially resilient porous state member is in said second compressed state; said containment member is ruptured in situ creating ruptured ends to release the vacuum inside the compressed substantially resilient porous state member and causes the spontaneous deformation of said substantially resilient porous state member to its expanded state; said substantially resilient porous state member and said containment member are sized and configured for insertion within said body cavity when said substantially resilient porous member second is in said compressed state and enclosed within said containment member, and said substantially resilient porous state member conforms to said body cavity dimensions in said first expanded state upon rupture of said containment member subsequent to placement of both members within said body cavity.