Breast Implant Support Mesh With Absorbable Scaffold Coverage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current support devices for breast implants, such as acellular dermal matrices and surgical mesh, contribute to the risk of infection and other complications in implant-based breast reconstruction and augmentation procedures.

Innovation Solution

A support device formed from a matrix material, configured to provide tissue support during breast surgery, which can be shaped into partial or full coverage around the breast prosthesis, secured to surrounding tissue to stabilize the implant and reduce infection risk through a matrix sheet with optional antibacterial agents.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If current support devices (acellular dermal matrices and surgical mesh) are used to provide tissue support during breast reconstruction, then the breast prosthesis is stabilized and soft tissue reinforcement is achieved, but the risk of infection and other complications increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetissue support stabilityVSAvoidinfection risk

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes the harmful components (acellular dermal matrices and surgical mesh) from the breast reconstruction system while retaining the essential function of tissue support through alternative means such as anatomical positioning and native tissue utilization, thereby eliminating infection risk associated with these materials

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention employs temporary, absorbable materials or techniques that provide structural support only during the critical healing period and then naturally dissolve or are reabsorbed by the body, eliminating long-term foreign body presence that could serve as infection sources

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

2Reliability

If acellular dermal matrices and surgical mesh are used as support devices, then coverage and stabilization of the breast implant is improved, but complications such as capsular contracture, seroma, and hematoma increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimplant coverageVSAvoidcapsular contracture and seroma

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the body's natural healing responses and tissue characteristics into beneficial forces that provide implant coverage and stabilization, such as utilizing the pectoral muscle as a natural barrier and promoting healthy capsule formation through controlled techniques that prevent pathological contracture

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Reliability

If support devices are implanted to stabilize the breast prosthesis, then malposition is reduced, but the complexity of the surgical procedure and device implantation increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprosthesis positioningVSAvoidsurgical procedure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention employs surgical techniques and anatomical structures that serve multiple functions simultaneously - for example, the pectoral muscle provides both structural support and natural positioning guidance, while the surgical approach addresses both implant placement and long-term positioning stability through a single procedure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes the patient's own anatomy and physiological processes to achieve and maintain proper implant positioning, such as leveraging natural tissue planes, gravitational forces, and the body's own healing and scar formation processes to secure the implant in the desired position without requiring complex external support structures

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250345169A1Devices for providing tissue support during breast reconstruction, and systems and methods thereof

Publication Date: 2025.11.13 MELODI HEALTH INC

AI summary

Embodiments described herein relate to a support device configured to provide tissue support, during implant-based breast surgery. Embodiments described herein include a matrix sheet disposed in a foldable sheet including one or more templates including at least one of a partial support template and a full support template. The partial support template is configured for use in shaping the matrix sheet into a support device for partial coverage for a breast prosthesis. The full support template is configured for use in shaping the matrix sheet into a support device for full coverage for a breast prosthesis. In some embodiments, the support device is a bioabsorbable mesh substrate, a bioabsorbable polymer coating, and one or more active pharmaceutical agents for delivery at the surgical site. The support device may be provided in various shapes for coverage of the breast prosthesis or provided with templates for various coverage of the breast prosthesis. The support device forms a macroporous scaffold, and the macroporous scaffold may act as a lattice for new tissue ingrowth.