Abstract: A non-rotating anatomical-shaped breast implant having a front side with a smooth surface and a rear side with a textured surface. A smooth surface ripples or wrinkles little, if at all. Rippling or wrinkling of the implant may undesirably produce a visible or palpable waviness on the skin of the breast. A smooth surface is more likely to produce the look and feel of a natural breast. A rear side with a textured surface is desirable because tissue growth of the body, after the implant has been implanted, engages the textured surface to anchor the implant in place such that the front side with the smooth surface remains matched with the front side of the body and such that the anatomical-shaped breast implant with its tear drop shaped fullness remains at a natural position within the breast. The disclosure further includes a method for minimizing the rotation of an implant within the body and a method for making an implant envelope that has different thicknesses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 1999
Date of Patent:
February 17, 2004
Inventors:
Howard T. Bellin, Kenneth C. Kredovski, Ruairidh W. Campbell
Abstract: The present invention provides: an aqueous fast-drying resin composition which is excellent in the fast driability and can exhibit performances with regard to adhesion and resistance on a level with those of solvent type compositions; a production process for the aqueous fast-drying resin composition; and a use of the aqueous fast-drying resin composition as a gravure ink composition. An aqueous fast-drying resin composition comprises an anionic resin, a cationic resin, and a polyvalent metallic compound. In addition, another aqueous fast-drying resin composition comprises an aqueous medium and a resin component wherein the aqueous medium will be removed by drying. In this aqueous fast-drying resin composition, the resin component is combined with a polyvalent metallic compound and includes a combination of an anionic resin and a cationic resin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 22, 2000
Date of Patent:
July 22, 2003
Assignee:
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Asutosh Nigam, Chien-Chang David Yao, Ravi S Renduchintala, Koichiro Saeki, Masakazu Morimoto, Takashi Miyai