Abstract: A cooling cushion, for use in association with a breast prosthesis having a back surface worn by a user having a mastectomy region of a chest, includes cushion member that is conformable to both the mastectomy region of the chest of the user and the back surface of the breast prosthesis. A cooling material is disposed within the cushion member that moderates heat buildup in the mastectomy region of the chest of the user for at least a portion of time during which the user wears the cushion member. In making a cooling cushion, a suspension of soluble beads and an uncured silicone rubber gel is placed in a mold. The suspension is cured in the mold to generate a cooling cushion member. The cooling cushion member is removed after the curing step. The beads are dissolved from the cured cooling cushion member.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.