Patents Assigned to Implite Ltd.
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Patent number: 9713524Abstract: Human implantable tissue expanders are provided, that comprise an inner foam filling enclosed within a substantially non-stretchable resilient expansion restricting layer configured to retain a shape and/or volume of said foam filling upon changes of ambient pressure and/or temperature, and an outer shell comprising one or more layers formed of a resilient material.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: IMPLITE LTD.Inventor: Ami Glicksman
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Patent number: 9370414Abstract: A reconstructive breast prosthesis suitable for implantation into a void in a breast following a lumpectomy procedure in which a body of tissue is excised from the breast, the reconstructive breast prosthesis including an implant body at least generally configured to assume an implant shape corresponding to the shape of the body of tissue excised from the breast and an implant shape retaining structure adapted to maintain the implant body in the implant shape, the reconstructive breast prosthesis having an overall density which is less than the density of the body of tissue excised from the breast.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: IMPLITE LTD.Inventor: Avraham Glicksman
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Patent number: 8545557Abstract: An implantable tissue expander including an internal skeletal element extending between a base surface and an outer surface and including at least one plurality of elongate cells extending along mutually generally parallel axes from the base surface to the outer surface and being defined by elongate cell walls formed of a resilient material and a sealed enclosure, sealing the internal skeletal element and adapted for preventing body fluids from filling the plurality of elongate cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Implite LtdInventors: Avraham Glicksman, Efraim Ramon
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Publication number: 20130123918Abstract: A human implantable tissue expander including a biocompatible implantable structural skeleton element having a predetermined overall three-dimensional shape and defining at least one wall portion having formed therein apertures extending from an interior thereof to an exterior thereof and being operative, when implanted in human tissue, to permit fluid flow through the apertures and to generally maintain the predetermined three-dimensional shape generally independently of its orientation relative to gravitational acceleration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Implite Ltd.Inventor: Ami Glicksman
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Patent number: 8192486Abstract: A human implantable tissue expander including a biocompatible implantable structural skeleton element having a predetermined overall three-dimensional shape and defining at least one wall portion having formed therein apertures extending from an interior thereof to an exterior thereof and being operative, when implanted in human tissue, to permit fluid flow through the apertures and to generally maintain the predetermined three-dimensional shape generally independently of its orientation relative to gravitational acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Implite Ltd.Inventor: Ami Glicksman
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Publication number: 20110208302Abstract: A reconstructive breast prosthesis suitable for implantation into a void in a breast following a lumpectomy procedure in which a body of tissue is excised from the breast, the reconstructive breast prosthesis including an implant body at least generally configured to assume an implant shape corresponding to the shape of the body of tissue excised from the breast and an implant shape retaining structure adapted to maintain the implant body in the implant shape, the reconstructive breast prosthesis having an overall density which is less than the density of the body of tissue excised from the breast.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: IMPLITE LTD.Inventor: Avraham Glicksman
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Publication number: 20100114312Abstract: An implantable tissue expander including an internal skeletal element extending between a base surface and an outer surface and including at least one plurality of elongate cells extending along mutually generally parallel axes from the base surface to the outer surface and being defined by elongate cell walls formed of a resilient material and a sealed enclosure, sealing the internal skeletal element and adapted for preventing body fluids from filling the plurality of elongate cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: IMPLITE LTDInventors: Avraham Glicksman, Efraim Ramon