Abstract: An implantable prosthetic device, such as a breast implant, includes a shell made of a biocompatible elastomeric material. The shell has a front portion and a base that surround an interior volume of the shell. A scaffold is disposed within the interior volume of the shell. The scaffold has an inner surface facing the base and an outer surface facing the front portion of the shell. A silicone gel is disposed within the interior volume of the shell. The scaffold has a shape that mirrors the shape of the front portion of the shell. The scaffold reinforces the shell to provide form stability for maintaining the shape of the shell and minimizing folding, dimpling and/or wrinkling of the shell. A second scaffold may be nested within the first scaffold. The second scaffold has a smaller outer dimension than an inner dimension of the first scaffold.

Abstract: An implantable prosthetic device, such as a breast implant, includes a shell made of a biocompatible elastomeric material. The shell has a front portion and a base that surround an interior volume of the shell. A scaffold is disposed within the interior volume of the shell. The scaffold has an inner surface facing the base and an outer surface facing the front portion of the shell. A biocompatible filler material, such as a silicone gel, is disposed within the interior volume of the shell. The scaffold has a shape that mirrors the shape of the front portion of the shell. The scaffold reinforces the shell to provide form stability for maintaining the shape of the shell and minimizing folding, dimpling and/or wrinkling of the shell. The scaffold has one or more openings formed therein for allowing the biocompatible filler material to fill the one or more openings. A second scaffold may be nested within the first scaffold.

Abstract: A method of making an implantable prosthesis having internal ribs includes forming a shell over a substrate, depositing a curable material onto a first surface of the shell to form one or more ribs on the first surface of the shell, removing the shell from the substrate, and inverting the shell so that a second surface of the shell is disposed outside the shell and the first surface of the shell is disposed inside the shell with the one or more ribs projecting inwardly into an interior volume of the shell. The curable material is cured so that the one or more ribs are integrally secured to the first surface of the shell.

Abstract: An implantable prosthesis includes a shell having an apex, a base, a radius located between the apex and the base, and a dome extending between the apex and the radius. The shell has an outer surface and an inner surface that surrounds an interior volume of the shell. At least one rib is integrally formed with the inner surface of the shell and projects inwardly from the inner surface of the shell into the interior volume of the shell. The shell has an interior volume that is adapted to receive a biocompatible filler material.

Abstract: An implantable prosthesis includes a shell having an apex, a base, a radius located between the apex and the base, and a dome extending between the apex and the radius. The shell has an outer surface and an inner surface that surrounds an interior volume of the shell. At least one rib is integrally formed with the inner surface of the shell and projects inwardly from the inner surface of the shell into the interior volume of the shell. The shell has an interior volume that is adapted to receive a biocompatible filler material.