Breast Implant Insertion Device Minimizing Tissue Trauma
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current breast implant insertion methods face challenges such as difficulty in introducing implants through small incisions, leading to trauma and increased risk of infection due to manipulation and bacterial seeding, despite measures like antibiotic solutions and glove changes.
Innovation Solution
A flexible, foldable, and transparent implant insertion device with a body and neck that can be coaxially aligned with the incision, featuring a larger aperture for easy implant transfer and a compartment for lubricant or disinfectant, along with engagement members to maintain alignment and prevent over-insertion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the implant is introduced through a small incision, then the scar visibility is minimized, but the implant insertion becomes difficult and trauma to the implant and patient tissue increases
Solution Approach 1:
A delivery device acts as an intermediary tool between the surgeon and the implant. The device includes a tube with a hole through which the implant is pressed, allowing the implant to be introduced through a small incision without direct manual manipulation. This mediator enables the insertion process while minimizing trauma to both the implant and patient tissue.
Solution Approach 2:
The implant is nested within the delivery device tube, which is inserted through the small incision. The tube serves as a protective sheath that guides the implant into the body cavity, allowing the larger implant to pass through a smaller opening without direct contact between the surgeon's hands and the implant surface.
2Ease of operation
If the implant is manipulated to fit through the incision, then the implant is successfully inserted, but trauma to the implant and patient tissue increases
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery device tube serves as a mediator that reduces direct manipulation of the implant and patient tissue. By pressing the implant through the tube hole rather than directly handling it, the surgeon minimizes mechanical trauma to the implant surface and surrounding tissue while still achieving successful insertion.
Solution Approach 2:
The delivery device tube is designed with flexible properties that allow it to conform to the incision and surrounding tissue, reducing mechanical stress and trauma during insertion. The flexible shell structure enables smooth passage through the incision while protecting the implant surface from direct contact with rough tissue edges.
3Ease of operation
If the implant contacts the skin during insertion, then the insertion process is simplified, but the risk of bacterial seeding and infection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery device tube acts as a barrier intermediary between the implant and the patient's skin. The tube maintains separation throughout the insertion process, preventing direct contact between the implant surface and potential bacterial sources on the skin, thereby reducing the risk of bacterial seeding and postoperative infection while still enabling the insertion procedure to be completed.
4Manufacturing precision
If increased manipulation is used to insert the implant, then the implant is positioned correctly, but the risk of immediate consequences and delayed structural failure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery device provides a controlled intermediary mechanism for positioning the implant. By pressing the implant through the tube hole rather than manipulating it directly with hands or instruments, the surgeon achieves correct positioning while minimizing mechanical stress and potential damage to the implant structure, thereby reducing the risk of immediate consequences and delayed structural failure.
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AI summary
The present invention generally relates to an implant insertion device, and particularly, to a breast implant insertion device and method of using thereof. The present invention is related to surgical delivery of an implant. In particular, the invention describes a device for the delivery of a breast implant that avoids contact with the skin reducing potential sources of incidental infection.