Patents Represented by Law Firm Hofmmann & Baron
  • Use of starch and starch derivatives as filler material in prostheses
    Patent number: 5571183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reconstructive prosthesis, for instance a breast prosthesis, comprising a container of a flexible, non-absorbable material, containing a filler material, wherein the filler material is an aqueous solution of a non-retrograding cross-linked starch or starch derivative. Preferably, the starch and/or starch derivative is cross-linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Cooperatieve Verkoop - En Productievereniging Van Aardappelmeel en Derivaten Avebe B.A.
    Inventors: Farid Kazem, Ido P. Bleeker, Henk J. Meijer