Patents Assigned to American Breast Care LP
  • Patent number: 10912660
    Abstract: In a method of making a breast prosthesis for use by a wearer having a body temperature, a plurality of dissolvable beads is placed into an open back of a breast-shaped mold. The open back of the mold is sealed. A suspension of an uncured silicone rubber liquid and a plurality of phase change material pellets is injected into the mold around the beads. The uncured silicone rubber is allowed to cure, thereby forming a breast shape. The phase change material has a latent heat of fusion at a melting point so as to remove heat from the wearer when the body temperature is at least at the melting point. The breast shape is removed from the mold and the dissolvable beads are dissolved from the breast shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Robert Halley, Amanda Wollnick, Joachim Rechenberg
  • Publication number: 20190262143
    Abstract: In a method of making a breast prosthesis for use by a wearer having a body temperature, a plurality of dissolvable beads is placed into an open back of a breast-shaped mold. The open back of the mold is sealed. A suspension of an uncured silicone rubber liquid and a plurality of phase change material pellets is injected into the mold around the beads. The uncured silicone rubber is allowed to cure, thereby forming a breast shape. The phase change material has a latent heat of fusion at a melting point so as to remove heat from the wearer when the body temperature is at least at the melting point. The breast shape is removed from the mold and the dissolvable beads are dissolved from the breast shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Robert Halley, Amanda Wollnick, Joachim Rechenberg
  • Patent number: 10307270
    Abstract: In a method of making a breast prosthesis for use by a wearer having a body temperature, a plurality of dissolvable beads is placed into an open back of a breast-shaped mold. The open back of the mold is sealed. A suspension of an uncured silicone rubber liquid and a plurality of phase change material pellets is injected into the mold around the beads. The uncured silicone rubber is allowed to cure, thereby forming a breast shape. The phase change material has a latent heat of fusion at a melting point so as to remove heat from the wearer when the body temperature is at least at the melting point. The breast shape is removed from the mold and the dissolvable beads are dissolved from the breast shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Robert Halley, Amanda Wollnick, Joachim Rechenberg
  • Publication number: 20170367850
    Abstract: In a method of making a breast prosthesis for use by a wearer having a body temperature, a plurality of dissolvable beads is placed into an open back of a breast-shaped mold. The open back of the mold is sealed. A suspension of an uncured silicone rubber liquid and a plurality of phase change material pellets is injected into the mold around the beads. The uncured silicone rubber is allowed to cure, thereby forming a breast shape. The phase change material has a latent heat of fusion at a melting point so as to remove heat from the wearer when the body temperature is at least at the melting point. The breast shape is removed from the mold and the dissolvable beads are dissolved from the breast shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Robert Halley, Amanda Wollnick, Joachim Rechenberg
  • Publication number: 20160256295
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis includes a plurality of films, including: a first film, a second film, a third film and a fourth film. An interior weld seals the second film to the third film so as to define an interior chamber between a portion of the second film and a portion of the third film, which is filled with a gas. A peripheral weld that has a shape of a breast form footprint seals the first film, the second film, the third film and the fourth film. The peripheral weld is spaced apart from and outside of the interior weld, so as to define a first chamber between the first film and the second film. One of the welds defines a second chamber between the third film and the fourth film. The first chamber and the second chamber are filled with a second resilient material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Amanda Wollnick, Robert Halley
  • Publication number: 20150190244
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis includes a first layer with two films that are sealed together peripherally that define a front chamber. A second layer includes two films that are sealed together peripherally that define a back chamber. The second layer is adjacent to the first layer and defines a pocket therebetween. A portion of a peripheral edge of the second layer is sealed to a portion of a peripheral edge of the first layer to define a first opening so that the pocket defined between the first layer and the second layer opens to the first opening. The first opening and the pocket allow the user to stuff a material into the pocket through the first opening. A first silicone rubber is disposed in the front chamber and is cured in an outer shape of a breast. A second silicone rubber is disposed in the back chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: AMERICAN BREAST CARE, LP
    Inventor: Robert Halley
  • Patent number: 8926698
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis for wearing against a chest of a user includes a bag, a first silicone rubber and a silicone agglomerate putty. The bag includes at least three films that are sealed together around a periphery so as to define at least a front chamber and a back chamber. The first silicone rubber is disposed in the front chamber and is cured in an outer shape of a breast. The silicone agglomerate putty is disposed in the back chamber and is configured as a shear thinning fluid that conforms in shape to surface features of the chest of the user when placed against the chest of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Amanda Wollnick, Robert Halley
  • Publication number: 20140020812
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis that includes an outer first layer, a middle second layer and an inner third layer. The outer first layer includes a first material that has a first firmness. The first firmness allows for a 20 mm to a 25 mm penetration by a cone penetrometer. The first layer has a shape corresponding to a shape of a breast form. The middle second layer is disposed adjacent to the first layer and includes a second material that has a second firmness that is greater than the first firmness. The inner third layer is disposed adjacent to the second layer opposite from the first layer and includes a third material that has a third firmness that is less than the second firmness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: AMERICAN BREAST CARE, LP
    Inventor: Joachim Rechenberg
  • Patent number: 8568640
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis is adapted to massage a patient's chest so as to encourage circulation of interstitial lymph fluid. A breast form member has a front portion that has a shape corresponding to a human breast and a back portion. A protrusion member extends from the back portion. The protrusion member defines at least one protrusion extending outwardly therefrom. The protrusion is disposed so that when the breast prosthesis held against the patient at a preselected location, the protrusion will massage the preselected location, thereby encouraging circulation of interstitial lymph fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Elisabeth C. Tassone, Leslie S. Amick
  • Publication number: 20130131798
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis for wearing against a chest of a user includes a bag, a first silicone rubber and a silicone agglomerate putty. The bag includes at least three films that are sealed together around a periphery so as to define at least a front chamber and a back chamber. The first silicone rubber is disposed in the front chamber and is cured in an outer shape of a breast. The silicone agglomerate putty is disposed in the back chamber and is configured as a shear thinning fluid that conforms in shape to surface features of the chest of the user when placed against the chest of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: AMERICAN BREAST CARE, LP
    Inventor: American Breast Care, LP
  • Publication number: 20120071973
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis that includes an outer first layer, a middle second layer and an inner third layer. The outer first layer includes a first material that has a first firmness. The first firmness allows for a 20 mm to a 25 mm penetration by a cone penetrometer. The first layer has a shape corresponding to a shape of a breast form. The middle second layer is disposed adjacent to the first layer and includes a second material that has a second firmness that is greater than the first firmness. The inner third layer is disposed adjacent to the second layer opposite from the first layer and includes a third material that has a third firmness that is less than the second firmness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: AMERICAN BREAST CARE, LP
    Inventor: Joachim Rechenberg
  • Publication number: 20100236687
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis is adapted to massage a patient's chest so as to encourage circulation of interstitial lymph fluid. A breast form member has a front portion that has a shape corresponding to a human breast and a back portion. A protrusion member extends from the back portion. The protrusion member defines at least one protrusion extending outwardly therefrom. The protrusion is disposed so that when the breast prosthesis held against the patient at a preselected location, the protrusion will massage the preselected location, thereby encouraging circulation of interstitial lymph fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: AMERICAN BREAST CARE. LP
    Inventors: Elisabeth C. Tassone, Leslie S. Amick
  • Patent number: 7753954
    Abstract: A breast prosthesis is adapted to massage a patient's chest so as to encourage circulation of interstitial lymph fluid. A breast form member has a front portion that has a shape corresponding to a human breast and a back portion. A protrusion member extends from the back portion. The protrusion member defines at least one protrusion extending outwardly therefrom. The protrusion is disposed so that when the breast prosthesis held against the patient at a preselected location, the protrusion will massage the preselected location, thereby encouraging circulation of interstitial lymph fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: American Breast Care LP
    Inventors: Elisabeth C. Tassone, Leslie S. Amick
  • Patent number: D662593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventors: Larry D. Prosser, Leslie S. Amick
  • Patent number: D813393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: American Breast Care, LP
    Inventor: Amanda Wollnick