IP Library Granted Patent US 7,060,147
Granted Patent B2
US 7,060,147 · App. 10/267,349 · Granted Jun 13, 2006

Method for the application of a layer remaining permanently adhesive onto the inside of a breast prosthesis

Assignee: Amoena Medizin-Orthopadie-Technik GmbH & Co.
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Patent No.
US 7,060,147
App. No.
10/267,349
Granted
Jun 13, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system is provided for application of a layer permanently adhering to the inside of a breast prosthesis formed as a shell-shaped body made from a soft-elastic material, in which a two-component silicone rubber forming the adhesive layer is injected into a mold prior to curing of the body and then cured together with the body. Alternatively, the two-component silicone rubber forming the adhesive layer is first cured in a shell, with the shell then being applied to the body in a mold and then cured again with the body. In a third alternative, the adhesive layer is cured while being joined to a carrier film, with the carrier film then being adhered to the prosthesis sheath which is then filled with addition-vulcanizing two-component silicone rubber and cured in a mold.

Claims (18)

1. A method for producing a breast prosthesis with a single adhesive layer at its inside, said single adhesive layer remaining permanently adhesive, comprising the steps of

forming a prosthesis sheath from plastic film material by welding the same at a circumferential edge,

applying a single two-component silicone rubber mass layer directly to an exterior portion of said thus-formed prosthesis sheath,

after applying the soft elastic material to the sheath portion, then filling a soft-elastic material into said prosthesis sheath, and

after filling the soft elastic material into the sheath, then curing said soft-elastic material within said prosthesis sheath together with said single two-component silicone rubber mass layer in a shell-shaped mold.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said soft-elastic material which is filled into said prosthesis sheath is made of a soft-elastically set addition-vulcanizing two-component silicone rubber mass.

3. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said single two-component rubber mass layer is directly applied to the exterior portion of said thus-formed prosthesis sheath without agency of a carrier layer.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said single two-component rubber mass layer is directly applied to the exterior portion of said thus-formed prosthesis sheath without agency of a carrier layer.

5. A method for producing a breast prosthesis with a single adhesive layer at its inside, said single adhesive layer remaining permanently adhesive, comprising the steps of

applying a single two-component silicone rubber mass layer directly to a plastic film material,

after applying and curing the two-component silicone rubber mass to the plastic film material, then forming a prosthesis sheath from said plastic film material by welding the same at a circumferential edge,

after forming the prosthesis sheath, then filling a soft-elastic material into said thus-formed prosthesis sheath, and

after filling the soft elastic material into the sheath, then curing said soft-elastic material within said prosthesis sheath in a shell-shaped mold.

6. A method according to claim 5 , wherein said step of applying a two-component silicone rubber mass to said plastic film material comprises application of said two-component silicone rubber mass to the whole surface of said plastic film material which is intended to form the inside portion of the breast prosthesis.

7. A method according to claim 6 , wherein said single two-component rubber mass layer is directly applied to the plastic film material without agency of a carrier layer.

8. A method in accordance with claim 5 , wherein said soft-elastic material which is filled into said prosthesis sheath is made of a soft-elastically set addition-vulcanizing two-component silicone rubber mass.

9. A method according to claim 8 , wherein said single two-component rubber mass layer is directly applied to the plastic film material without agency of a carrier layer.

10. A method according to claim 5 , wherein said single two-component rubber mass layer is directly applied to the plastic film material without agency of a carrier layer.

Assignments (1)
AMENDED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Aug 26, 2014
From: AMOENA MEDIZIN-ORTHOPADIE-TECHNIK GMBH
To: DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 033615/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 198 17 769 · Apr 21, 1998 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 0993000600 · Aug 15, 2001
Division 0929552900 · Apr 21, 1999
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