WO2017213716A1 - Asymmetrical dual proximal end insertion bellow - Google Patents
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- TITLE Asymmetrical Dual Proximal End Insertion Bellow
- the invention is related to the apparatus and method of safely inserting two prostheses into a human body.
- the present invention is a useful and novel apparatus for advancing breast implant surgery procedures to improve surgical sterility.
- Breast implants are a manufactured prosthesis used in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
- a breast implant is gelatinous with an outer casing or membrane containing a fluid such as saline or silicone. Only about thirty percent (30%) of breast implant procedures today use an insertion device.
- An insertion device improves both the surgery and the patient outcome. Without an insertion device, the surgeon makes the incision, creates a pocket for the implant, retracts the incision and then manually pushes the implant into the pocket.
- a saline implant is inserted into the pocket in an empty configuration.
- the surgeon takes the additional step of filling the membrane with a saline solution using a tube.
- the incision is made in one of four places: in the armpit, in the breast fold, in the navel, or around the areola. Except for the navel insertion, one incision is made for each implant. It is preferable the incision in the patient be as short as possible. Shorter
- incisions are less unsightly. This goal of a shorter incision is easier to accomplish with a saline implant.
- a saline implant is relatively easy to insert through a short incision, as the bladder is unfilled and therefore small in size as it passes through the
- the pocket may be formed in one of two places under the breast: subglandular (between the breast tissue and pectoralis major muscle) or subpectoral (under the pectoralis major muscle) .
- Subglandular places the prosthesis directly behind the mammary gland and in front of the muscle.
- Subpectoral places the implant partially under the pectoralis major muscle. Due to the structure of the pectoralis major muscle, a portion of the implant is not covered by the muscle . A secondary surgery is common for patients with breast implants.
- patients with breast implants may require surgery to change the placement (from subglandular to subpectoral or vice versa) , correct palpable folding of the implant, remove a ruptured implant; treat infection, bleeding, breast pain, contracted scar tissue forming around the implant and collections of fluid around the implant.
- additional surgeries have risks due to anesthesia, infection and bleeding.
- the overall complication rate is about 20% for silicone gel breast augmentation with the majority of re-operations related to implant rupture (leakage), bleeding or capsular contracture.
- Cellulitis a skin-based infection, occurs in 2%-4% of patients, with some surgeons reporting much higher rates, and is usually from the bacteria normally present on the skin. Symptoms of infection include fever, pain, swelling and redness.
- surgeons give a single dose of antibiotics before the surgery, and use an antibiotic solution in the wound before implant placement.
- the antibiotic solution may double as the lubrication to allow easier insertion of the implant into the pocket.
- surgeons can bring the rate of infection down further by preventing the implant from touching the patient's skin.
- the implant insertion devices heretofore known suffer from a number of disadvantages : 1. Requires the surgeon to resize the insertion device mid-operation to match two different implant sizes.
- implant company and insertion device company have no control over the surgeon. If the surgeon does not alter the device properly, unsafe damaging pressure may be applied to the implant during the insertion process .
- Distal end of the device is large enough for the implant to inadvertently slip out of the device resulting in skin bacteria transferring to the implant.
- An invention which meets the needs stated above, is a system and method to insert two prostheses into a patient with maximum sterility.
- the method allows the surgeon to use two different size implants with a single device where each proximal end of the device receives a different size implant.
- FIG 1 Top side perspective view of an asymmetrical bellow.
- FIG 2 Bottom view of an asymmetrical bellow.
- FIG 3 Top side perspective view of an asymmetrical bellow,
- FIG 4A Top view of an asymmetrical bellow, with a fold along the abutted edges .
- FIG 4B Top view of an asymmetrical bellow showing the folding of the seal folds.
- FIG 4C Top view of an asymmetrical bellow, internal tab placed
- FIG 4D Top view of an asymmetrical bellow, exterior tab folded over the prosthesis opening.
- FIG 5 Front perspective view of an asymmetrical bellow with an implant being inserted through the prosthesis opening.
- FIG 6 Side perspective view of adding lubricant to the small
- FIG 7A Right side perspective view of a asymmetrical bellow with the large proximal end inserted into the patient' s right incision.
- FIG 7B Left side perspective view of a rotated asymmetrical bellow with the small proximal end inserted into the patient's left incision.
- KEY TERMS distal the most distant portion from the point of attachment to the body inferior: closer to the feet lateral: a position substantially located in any side of the
- longitudinal position of a patient' s supine position longitudinal a lengthwise, or the longest, direction related to the patient's supine position proximal: the closest portion from the point of attachment to the body superior: closer to the head of the body
- Figs. 1 - 2 identify individual elements of an assembled asymmetrical dual proximal end insertion bellow 40.
- Fig. 1 the top side perspective view of an asymmetrical bellow 40 manufactured with a sheet material such as plastic or a flexible, surgical-grade nylon.
- the plastic may be strengthened or reinforced with fibers.
- the asymmetrical bellow 40 may be clear, or semi-transparent, in color to allow observation of the prosthesis 30 moving from bellow 40 into the patient pocket 24 .
- the bellow 40 has three openings: a small proximal opening 42 for inserting a range of smaller implants into the incision 20 ; a large proximal opening 44 for insertion of a range of larger implants into the patient's incision 20 ; and a prosthesis opening 54 , surrounded by an exterior tab 50 and an internal tab 52 , for inserting the
- Fig. 1 shows the internal tab 52 pushed through the prosthesis opening 54 , to prevent the implant from passing to the outside the bellow device 40 , and the exterior tab 50 folded over the prosthesis opening 54 .
- the exterior tab 50 may be folded and held in place by friction or attached by glue, adhesive, heat bond, surgical tape or other coupling mechanism. While Fig. 1 shows both tabs 50 , 52 folded into working position, the bellow exterior tab 50 and bellow internal tab 52 would initially be
- the asymmetrical bellow 40 is assembled using the seal tucks 56 which comprise two (2) tab-side seal tucks 57 , and one (1) abutted-side seal tuck 58 . In a preferred embodiment, the assembly may be done prior to packaging. In an alternate embodiment, the seal tucks 56 are sealed to the base fold 46 by the patient's 10 operating team. See Fig. 4B for additional illustration of the assembly using the seal tucks 56.
- the bellow 40 prevents the breast implant 32 from touching the patient's skin tissue 28, and prevents damage to the implant 32 during the implant 32 insertion.
- the asymmetrical bellow 40 may be
- proximal end 42,44 would be sized to deliver a different range of implant 32 sizes.
- the manufacturer may also require or suggest two specific skin incision 20 lengths to allow insertion of the implant through the bellow 40 into the incision 20. The specifications take the burden off the surgeon to try to make shorter incisions 20.
- the manufacturer may elect to ship a single asymmetrical device 40 for operations with the same size implants. In this latter embodiment, the surgeon would use one proximal end 42,44 for the insertion of two implants 32.
- Fig. 2 shows a bottom view of the manufactured version of the bellow 40 once the bellow fold 48 is folded over the base fold 46 along the abutted seam and the three seal tucks 56 are adhered.
- FIGURES 3 - 4D Turning to Fig. 3, the illustration depicting a perspective view of an unassembled bellow device 40.
- the asymmetrical bellow 40 form comprises two simple, convex, irregular hexagons folds 46 , 48 with opposing prosthesis insertion tabs 50 , 52 .
- the tabs 50 , 52 are located centrally and opposing the abutted sides of the manufactured bellow 40 .
- the tabs 50 , 52 may also be located in any position on the side opposing the assembled abutted sides.
- the base fold 46 is manufactured abutted against the initial fold 48 along either edge opposing the tabbed side of the folds 46 , 48 .
- the initial fold 48 and base fold 46 would be separately manufactured and assembled together at a later stage.
- the bellow 40 would be folded along an abutted edge and manufactured with three seal tucks 56 along: a. initial fold's 48 abutted-side edge from the abutment to the
- proximal end 42 , 44
- the bellow 40 would be manufactured with separated initial fold 48 and base fold 46 , stacked over each other and assembled with four seal tucks 56 along: a. initial fold's 48 abutted-side edge from the abutment to the
- the seal tucks 56 are folded over the opposing fold 46, 48 and sealed to the opposing fold 46, 48 with any desired manufacturing sealing technique.
- the internal tab 52 With the breast implant 32 in place inside the asymmetrical bellow 40, Fig. 4C, the internal tab 52 is pushed through the prosthesis opening 54. The internal tab 52 prevents the implant 32 from inadvertently ejecting through the prosthesis opening 54 during the operation.
- the exterior tab 50 may be pushed over the top surface of the opposing fold 46, 48.
- the exterior tab 50 may be sealed to the opposing fold 46, 48 with surgical tape, heat seal, instant glue, or other forms of seals.
- FIGURES 5 - 7B As illustrated in Fig. 5, in the preferred embodiment a liquid lubricant 60 surrounds the breast implant 32 inside the bellow 40. A coating of surgical lubricant 60 may be used on the inner surface of the asymmetrical bellow 40. As an alternative, the bellow device 40 may be provided with a coating that becomes slick when wet. In still another alterative, the prosthesis 30 may be provided with a slick surface, such as a surgical lubricant 60 . The surgeon also has the option of applying a lubricant 60 to the prosthesis 30 directly before inserting into the asymmetrical bellow 40 .
- the lubricant 60 may also act as an antibiotic solution.
- the breast implant 32 is inserted into the bellow device 40 by the surgeon and nurse. To do so, the nurse opens the bellow prosthesis opening 54 by separating the tabs 50 , 52 , and the surgeon slides the prosthesis 30 through the bellow prosthesis opening 54 . The team would then fold the internal tab 52 into the bellow prosthesis opening 54 to prevent the breast implant 32 from moving back out of the opening 54 .
- the exterior tab 50 may be left extended or folded over the opposing fold 46 , 48 . If desired, the exterior tab 50 may be sealed to the opposing fold 46 , 48 . In a preferred
- inserting the prosthesis 30 into the bellow device 40 would be completed prior to inserting the retractor 70 into the patient incision 20 .
- a surgeon could perform this step while the bellow 40 is inserted in the incision 20 .
- the surgical team inserts lubricant 60 in the opposing opening 42 , 44 of the opening 42 , 44 inserted in the patient's incision 20 .
- the liquid lubricant 60 surrounds the breast implant 32 inside the bellow device 40 .
- An antibiotic solution may be used lubricant 60 .
- Fig. 7A shows the patient 10 positioned in a supine position prior to an incision 20 being made in the patient's skin tissue 28 . In the figure, the incision 20 is cut in the inferior breast 22 crease.
- the pocket 24 is sized to match the prosthesis 30 .
- the retractor handle proximal end 74 and the retractor proximal lip 76 are inserted into the incision 20 to both retract the incision 20 and hold the incision 20 open.
- the retractor 70 assembly comprises a handle 72 located in the center, retractor handle proximal end 74 , and retractor handle proximal end lip 76 .
- the retractor 70 may have various shapes and sizes to match the particular application or surgeon preferences.
- the handle 72 of the retractor 70 is bent or angled on the ends relative to the intermediate portion.
- the proximal end 74 of the retractor 70 has a lip 76 that is angled relative to the end 74 .
- the retractor 70 is made of metal, such as stainless steel but may also be manufactured in a surgical plastic.
- the retractor proximal end 74 is structured and arranged to be inserted through the incision 20 into a pocket 24 of a patient 10 .
- the proximal end lip 76 helps maintain the proximal end 74 of the retractor 70 beneath skin tissue 28 of a patient 10 .
- the retractor 70 extends laterally from the asymmetrical bellow 40 , so as not to interfere with the surgeon manipulating the bellow 40 , with the proximal ends of the retractor 74 and proximal end lip 76 inserted into the incision 20 and located under the skin tissue 28 and moved to retract the incision 20 .
- the proximal end 42 , 44 of the bellow 40 may be lubricated with a lubricant 60 and inserted into the open incision 20 .
- the asymmetrical bellow 40 distal to the incision 20 , is squeezed and/or twisted to force the prosthesis 30 toward the proximal end
- a retractor 70 is inserted in the second breast 22 incision 20 and moved to retract the incision 20 .
- the asymmetrical bellow 40 is then rotated so a new proximal end 42,44 is introduced to the incision 20 of the second breast 22 .
- This second proximal end 42 , 44 may be lubricated with a lubricant 60 and inserted into the open incision 20 .
- the asymmetrical bellow 40 distal to the incision 20 , is squeezed and/or twisted to force the prosthesis 30 toward the second proximal end 42 , 44 of the bellow device 40 and into the pocket 24 .
- the prosthesis 30 deforms to fit through the second proximal opening
- the retractor 70 is removed from the second incision 20 , followed by the bellow 40 .
- the incision 20 is then closed. If the asymmetrical bellow 40 is designed for reuse, they are
- asymmetrical bellow 40 and method is that the implant 32 and distal openings 42 , 44 may be properly sized during manufacture with respect to each other so that the smallest breast implants 32 will fit through small proximal opening 42 and the larger range of implants 32 will be properly inserted through the large proximal opening 44 .
- This allows the proper pressure to be applied to each range of implants 32 as they deform through the proximal ends 42 , 44 .
- the implant 32 is subject to damage if the implant 32 is mishandled. Possible mishandling includes subjecting the implant 32 to undue stresses or pressures, such as may be caused by attempting to squeeze the implant 32 through a proximal end 42 that is too small, and folding of the external silastic shell, internal fracture of the cohesive silicone gel.
- a surgeon may make an incision 20 in the patient 10 that is too small for the implant 32 and thus too much force is required to squeeze the implant 32 into the pocket 24 .
- the implant 32 is protected from damage by the provision an adequate skin incision length and of the properly sized proximal end 44 .
- the major complication with implants 32 is capsular contracture thought to be due to sub-clinical infection.
- Sub-clinical infection is most likely caused by pushing the implant 32 through the skin incision 20 , dragging natural skin 28 bacteria (still present after proper skin 28 preparations) into the pocket 24 surgically created for the implant 32 .
- Use of this device 40 prevents the implant 32 from coming in contact with the skin tissue 28 during the insertion process .
- the instructions may be used to cause the machine (e.g., computer processor) programmed with the instructions to perform the method.
- the methods may be performed by a combination of hardware and software. While illustrative and presently preferred embodiments of the invention have been described in detail herein, it is to be understood that the inventive concepts may be otherwise variously embodied and employed, and that the appended claims are intended to be construed to include such variations, except as limited by the prior art. Benefits, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described herein with regard to specific embodiments.
- c) allows doctors to prevent contamination by skin bacteria, gross infection from using a proximal end twice, resulting in infection and/or capsular contracture;
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