BR102012012180A2 - DISPOSABLE BREAST PROSTHESIS DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

DISPOSABLE DEVICE FOR BREAST PROSTHESIS. Comprised of a bag of varying diameter, made of double layer latex, which projects a conducting duct that communicates with its interior, said duct receives a feeding tube that introduces saline that is directed to the interior of said bag.

Description

“DISPOSABLE BREAST PROSTHESIS DEVICE”.

This patent application refers to a "DISPOSABLE DAMMER 5 PROSTHESIS DEVICE" which has been developed to provide an easy-to-use sizing which, since it is disposable, prevents infection during surgery to include silicone breast implants. It facilitates the choice of the definitive size of the prosthesis to be used on the patient. It also allows the treatment of significant breast asymmetries since the device placed in the determined place allows the removal or addition of serum to the desired size, different from the removal and placement. of gel sizing as it occurs today.

Men and women have breasts; Usually the mammary glands are well developed only in women. The mammary glands are located in the subcutaneous tissue of the anterior chest wall. Most prominent of the breast is the mammary papilla, surrounded by an area of circular areola-pigmented skin. Each of the 20 early glands (wolves) is drained by a lactiferous duet that opens in the mammary papilla. Deep within the areola, each duet has a dilated portion, a lactating breast. The approximately circular base of the female breast extends transversely from the lateral margin of the sternum to the middle axillary line, a vertical line crossing a point midway between the anterior and posterior axillary folds; vertically, from the 2nd to the 6th rib (LOPES FARIAS, 1999; NETTER, 2003; MOORE and AGUR, 2004) (Figure 02).

The breasts are the most prominent surface features of the anterior chest wall, especially in women. Its flat upper faces have no marked demarcation from the anterior face of the chest wall. However, laterally and inferiorly, their margins are well defined. The area (cleavage) in the midline anterior to the intermammary fold is between the breasts. The mammary papilla, on the medioclavicular line 5, is surrounded by a slightly pigmented circular area - the areola. Their color varies with the woman's complexion (Figure 02). It becomes dark during pregnancy and retains its dark pigmentation thereafter (NETTER, 2003; MOORE and AGUR, 2004).

A small part of the mammary gland may extend to the

along the inferolateral margin of the pectoralis major muscle up to the armpit, forming an axillary process of the breast (Spense tail). Two thirds of the breast rests on the pectoral fascia that covers the pectoralis major muscle. The other third rests on the fascia lining the anterior serratus muscle 15. Between the breast and the pectoral fascia is a potential space or plane of loose connective tissue or the retromammary (pouch) space. This plan, containing a small amount of fat, allows the breast a certain degree of movement of the pectoral fascia (GRAY, 1977; NETTER, 2003; MOORE and AGUR, 2004).

The mammary gland is firmly fixed in the dermis of the skin.

overlying by subcutaneous ligaments (skin retinacles) the suspensory (Cooper) ligaments. These ligaments, especially well developed in the upper part of the gland, help support the lobes of the gland. During puberty (8 to 15 years), breasts 25 usually grow due to glandular development and increased fat deposition. The areolas and mammary papillae also increase. Breast size and shape are the result of genetic, racial and dietary factors. Further breast development also occurs in association with pregnancy (MORRE and AGUR, 2004).

Breast implantation, or breast augmentation, is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures performed today. Over time, factors such as age, genetics, pregnancy, changes in weight, sun exposure and severity may change the size and shape of the breasts. Women who are dissatisfied with size or have had changes in the shape of their breasts may get firmer and attractive breasts with breast augmentation. In this type of procedure, the prosthesis is placed in a pouch formed in the breast tissue. Surgery may increase the size of the breasts or make them symmetrical, return their volume or rebuild after full or partial loss. It is important to remember that the breast implant cannot correct the sagging breasts. In such cases, a breast augmentation is usually required, which can be performed in conjunction with this procedure.

Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006, silicone implants are silicone gel filled silicone elastomer shells. There is no significant evidence that silicone prosthesis implants 20 increase the risk of breast cancer, connective tissue disorders or autoimmune disease. Implants come in a variety of shapes, textures and profiles. They may be round or anatomical and have a smooth or textured surface. The profile of a breast implant can be standard, moderate or high. Finally, vary in size or volume. 25 The type, style, and size of implants chosen are determined by your lifestyle, body contour, amount of breast tissue, and desired size and appearance. The choice of the volume of prostheses to be implanted is discussed with the patient by means of breast molds, under the bra, for a better idea of the sum of the two volumes. The shape must be defined by the surgeon. If the breast has a broad base and little projection, prostheses with high profile and, in contrast, low profile are indicated. Other forms of the breast require other forms of prostheses. With the patient standing, the area of detachment is marked, which may extend beyond the lower mammary fold; the higher it is and the areola aims downward, the more it takes off below it (1 to 3 cm), reversing this trend.

It should be noted that the skin of the region limits the size of the

prosthesis. If you are short on space and try to create more, there is a chance that the prosthesis will go wrong, with folds, and become artificial. The skin can not stand so big and fast stretch and the result is stretch marks, aches. To have spinal problems, the volume must be very large. It is also important to take height into account. Breasts with a lot of breast may look chubby. Already the high have the possibility of larger prostheses, but when there is the necessary amount of skin in place, this makes the sizing extremely important. Increasingly frequent, patients seek surgeons to treat 20 significant breast asymmetries. In cases of subcutaneous breast cancer mastectomies, it is difficult to estimate the volume to be replaced for the patient to recover the harmonic bust morphology.

It is the purpose of the present application to provide the market with a device that enables the measurement test to be carried out for the physician and patient in agreement to promote the choice of the definitive prosthesis through the "DISPOSABLE DIAGNOSIS DETERMINING DEVICE", comprised of intraoperative use. by a pouch of varying diameter, made of double-layer latex, which projects a conductive conduit communicating with its interior, said conduit receives a feed tube that introduces saline that is directed into said pouch.

In order to gain a perfect understanding of what was

The following illustrative drawings are attached to which numerical references are made together with the following detailed description where:

Figure 1 shows a top view of the device.

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the device.

Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the rupture of the device alluding the interior.

As shown in the drawings and their details, we can see that the “DISPOSABLE DIMENSIONAL DEVICE OF PROSTHESIS 15”, characterized by a bag (1) of varying diameter, made of double-layer latex, which projects a conductive duct (2) communicating with its interior (3), said duct (2) receives a feed tube which introduces saline which is directed into said pouch (1).

Based on the described and illustrated, we can verify that

the “disposable breast prosthesis size device” for intraoperative use, has huge advantages because it is disposable prevents infection during surgery for prosthesis placement, its expandability feature allows the device to expand and adapt to retromama shop .

Its application is simple, the doctor introduces the device in the store and fills the inside with saline, so that the surgeon can evaluate the size of the prosthesis according to patient preference and choose the prosthesis to be inserted. Because it is innovative and hitherto not understood in the state of the art and therefore fits perfectly into the criteria that define the invention patent. The following are their claims.

Claims (3)

1. “DISPOSABLE SIZE DEVICE Breast prosthesis ”, characterized by a pouch (1) of varying diameter, made of double-layer latex, which projects a conductive duct (2) communicating with its interior (3), said duct (2) receives a feed tube which introduces saline that is directed into said pouch (1).