US3559214A - Compound prosthesis - Google Patents
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- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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US4380569A (en) * | 1981-08-03 | 1983-04-19 | Spenco Medical Corporation | Lightweight preformed stable gel structures and method of forming |
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US4610690A (en) * | 1983-02-22 | 1986-09-09 | Mentor Corporation | Rupture resistant prosthesis with bonded surface layer and method of forming same |
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US4651717A (en) * | 1985-04-04 | 1987-03-24 | Dow Corning Corporation | Multiple envelope tissue expander device |
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US5141581A (en) * | 1972-10-08 | 1992-08-25 | Markham Harold A | Implants with a cover which resists formation of firm spherical encapsulation |
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US5376117A (en) * | 1991-10-25 | 1994-12-27 | Corvita Corporation | Breast prostheses |
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US5824081A (en) * | 1996-09-13 | 1998-10-20 | Lipomatrix Incorporated | Hydraulic foam tissue implant |
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US5961552A (en) * | 1997-08-02 | 1999-10-05 | Pmt Corporation | Internally configured prosthesis |
US5964803A (en) * | 1993-07-27 | 1999-10-12 | Pmt Corporation | Enhanced surface implant and method of manufacture |
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US6605116B2 (en) | 2001-04-03 | 2003-08-12 | Mentor Corporation | Reinforced radius mammary prostheses and soft tissue expanders |
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US20090137894A1 (en) * | 2007-11-26 | 2009-05-28 | Les Olson | Breast measurement device and bra fitting system |
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US5282856A (en) * | 1987-12-22 | 1994-02-01 | Ledergerber Walter J | Implantable prosthetic device |
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US5496370A (en) * | 1992-03-13 | 1996-03-05 | Robert S. Hamas | Gel-like prosthetic device |
US5496367A (en) * | 1993-01-13 | 1996-03-05 | Fisher; Jack | Breast implant with baffles |
US5964803A (en) * | 1993-07-27 | 1999-10-12 | Pmt Corporation | Enhanced surface implant and method of manufacture |
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