Patents Assigned to GC Aesthetics (Distribution) Limited
  • Patent number: 11583382
    Abstract: Packaging for a breast implant, the packaging comprising a lid and a cavity, wherein one of the lid or the cavity is configured to provide direct delivery of the breast implant from the packaging to a surgical pocket. A method for the direct delivery of a breast implant from breast implant packaging to a surgical pocket, the method comprising the steps of: a. ensuring that a delivery device present in a lid or a cavity of the packaging is in a delivery position; b. forming an aperture in the delivery device, thereby opening the packaging; c. transferring the breast implant to the delivery device; d. positioning the delivery device in contact with the surgical pocket; and e. delivering the breast implant to the surgical pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GC Aesthetics (Distribution) Limited
    Inventor: Fraser Harvie
  • Patent number: 11446131
    Abstract: An implant comprising an implant body, wherein the implant body comprises one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body. Various methods of making an implant comprising one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body are described, the methods being (i) making an implant comprising forming a shell on a mandrel, wherein the mandrel is shaped to form regions of macro-texturisation in the shell and filling the shell with a core material; (ii) making an implant comprising securing a scaffold comprising a silicone polymer to a surface of an implant body or (iii) making an implant comprising extruding a material that will form regions of macro-texturisation onto an implant body or (iv) making an implant comprising laser etching a surface on an implant body to form regions of macro-texturisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GC Aesthetics (Distribution) Limited
    Inventor: Fraser Harvie