Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of making an external breast prosthesis
- Patent Title (中): 制作外部乳房假体的方法
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Application No.: US12383490Application Date: 2009-03-25
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Publication No.: US08257531B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Aldo A. Laghi
- Applicant: Aldo A. Laghi
- Applicant Address: US FL Clearwater
- Assignee: Alps South, LLC
- Current Assignee: Alps South, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Clearwater
- Agency: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
- Agent Henry J. Recla
- Main IPC: B65B51/02
- IPC: B65B51/02

Abstract:
A method of making an external breast prosthesis by forming an elastomeric skin in the form of a human breast surrounding an inner material such as a silicone gel or hydrogel. The elastomeric skin can be formed from a front skin and a rear skin, and the skins can be made of a soft styrenic elastomer having attributes similar to a gel. At least the front skin is formed by mixing together a polymer, a plasticizing oil and at least one non-volatile additive to form a mixture, heating the mixture, forming the mixture into a front elastomeric skin, and cooling the mixture thereby allowing the non-volatile additive to precipitate to the outer surface of the outer skin to form a cratered outer surface that is substantially soft to the touch and that tends to maintain the skin in a pliable yet pre-defined shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090183822A1 External breast prosthesis Public/Granted day:2009-07-23
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