Patents by Inventor Krasmira Hristov

Krasmira Hristov has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods of making implants having gel zones with higher levels of cohesiveness for eschewing scalloping, dimpling, and wrinkling
    Patent number: 11844687
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable prosthesis includes applying a gelling enhancer layer over an inner surface of a wall of a silicone shell having anterior and posterior walls surrounding an interior volume. The method includes filling the interior volume of the shell with a silicone gel and curing the silicone gel. The cured silicone gel that is located within a zone that is in the vicinity of the gelling enhancer layer has a higher level of cohesiveness than the cured silicone gel that is located outside the zone. The zone of the silicone gel having the higher level of cohesiveness has a thickness of 2-10 mm. The silicone gel located outside the zone has a first concentration level of a gelling enhancer and the silicone gel located within the zone has a second concentration level of the gelling enhancer that is 5%-300% greater than the first concentration level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MENTOR WORLDWIDE LLC
    Inventors: Joseph H. Contiliano, Krasmira Hristov, Duan Li Ou, Leo B. Kriksunov, Robert J. Tannhauser
  • METHODS OF MAKING IMPLANTS HAVING GEL ZONES WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF COHESIVENESS FOR ESCHEWING SCALLOPING, DIMPLING, AND WRINKLING
    Publication number: 20220362007
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable prosthesis includes applying a gelling enhancer layer over an inner surface of a wall of a silicone shell having anterior and posterior walls surrounding an interior volume. The method includes filling the interior volume of the shell with a silicone gel and curing the silicone gel. The cured silicone gel that is located within a zone that is in the vicinity of the gelling enhancer layer has a higher level of cohesiveness than the cured silicone gel that is located outside the zone. The zone of the silicone gel having the higher level of cohesiveness has a thickness of 2-10 mm. The silicone gel located outside the zone has a first concentration level of a gelling enhancer and the silicone gel located within the zone has a second concentration level of the gelling enhancer that is 5%-300% greater than the first concentration level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph H. Contiliano, Krasmira Hristov, Duan Li Ou, Leo B. Kriksunov, Robert J. Tannhauser