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Conte begins Juventus talks
Antonio Conte has walked into the Juventus HQ with Beppe Marotta and Andrea Agnelli to discuss his future.
Robinho calms Allegri row
Robinho has smoothed over the training ground row with Massimiliano Allegri. "It happens sometimes. We are men, but it's all ok now."
Balotelli: 'Next time I walk off'
Mario Balotelli told CNN if he is racially abused again, "I'm going to leave the pitch" and was "not surprised" Manchester City sacked Roberto Mancini.
Zamparini: 'Blatter hates Italians!'
Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini said Napoli have first say on Josip Ilicic, but extraordinarily suggested "Sepp Blatter is racist against Italians!"
Coppa Italia appeal rejected
The Coppa Italia will go ahead on May 26 at 17.00 UK time after legal action to have kick-off moved was rejected.
Napoli play Arsenal in Emirates Cup
It is now official that Napoli will face Arsenal on August 3 and Porto on August 4 in the Emirates Cup in London.
Allegri and Robinho clash at Milan
Boss Massimiliano Allegri and forward Robinho clashed in Milan training on Wednesday, reports the Gazzetta dello Sport.
Rossi extends at Sampdoria – official
Sampdoria have extended the contracts of boss Delio Rossi and sporting director Carlo Osti, the club have confirmed.
Milan take on Juve for Poli
Milan are ready to do battle with Juventus on the transfer market for Sampdoria midfielder Andrea Poli.
Napoli have Ilicic priority
Napoli are in pole position to sign Josip Ilicic from Palermo, claims Maurizio Zamparini.
Samp unsure of Zaza future
Sampdoria don't know whether Serie B hotshot Simone Zaza will be playing his football at Marassi next season.
Zapata wants Milan future
Cristian Zapata is hoping that he has done enough at Milan this season to earn a permanent move to the Italian giants.
No Inter regrets for Kovacic
Mateo Kovacic is delighted to be at a club like Inter despite the Beneamata's problems in 2012-13.
Marotta on the new Juventus
Juventus director general Beppe Marotta has today talked transfers in an interview with Il Secolo XIX.
Udinese: Guidolin going nowhere
Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo insists boss Francesco Guidolin will not be a part of this summer's managerial merry-go-round.
Inter plan Montoya loan offer
Martin Montoya is set to sign a new contract at Barcelona, but Inter are still keen on netting him for the 2013-14 campaign.
Juventus keen on Sampdoria duo
Beppe Marotta yesterday informed Sampdoria of Juventus' interest in Andrea Poli and Pedro Obiang, reports Tuttosport.
Amoruso hired by Palermo
Former Serie A striker Nicola Amoruso in the new sporting director of relegated Palermo.
Napoli offer Inler for Guarin
The Corriere dello Sport claims that Napoli have offered Gokhan Inler to Inter in exchange for Fredy Guarin.
Another 48 hours for Conte
Antonio Conte will make a decision on his Juventus future within the next two days, reports the Gazzetta dello Sport.
Zapata-Mexes pairing hailed
Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri believes the Rossoneri have one of the most competitive centre-back pairings in Serie A.
Zeman II at Pescara?
Pescara chief executive Danilo Iannascoli has confirmed that the club are thinking of re-hiring Zdenek Zeman.
Buffon sees Conte at Juventus
Gigi Buffon is confident that Antonio Conte will still be the Juventus boss as the club try to challenge for the Champions League next season.
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'Milan and Inter offers for Lodi'
Catania directors confirmed Milan and Inter made offers for Francesco Lodi, but so far there is "nothing official" from Juventus.
Report: Rossi agrees Samp contract
There are reports Sampdoria have agreed a two-year contract with Coach Delio Rossi, who took over mid-season.
Moratti stands by Strama and Samir
Inter President Massimo Moratti insists he's keeping hold of Samir Handanovic and Fredy Guarin, while he won't consider Walter Mazzarri.
Mancini's 'conscience is clear'
Roberto Mancini is "disappointed, but his conscience is clear" after Manchester City sacked him, revealed his former assistant manager.
Torino consider Krasic
Torino are reportedly making an approach for former Juventus winger Milos Krasic, who is now at Fenerbahce.
Agnelli: 'Now a third Scudetto!'
President Andrea Agnelli claims he is "already concentrated on a third consecutive Scudetto" as an exhibition marks 90 years of his family with Juventus.
Benitez 'would listen' to Italy offers
Despite his poor spell at Inter, Rafa Benitez's agent assures "we'll take offers from Italy into consideration" after rumours of Roma and Napoli interest.
Boateng: 'No Milan without Allegri'
Kevin-Prince Boateng agreed a €50,000 fine for Roma was not enough against racism, but insisted "there cannot be a Milan without Massimiliano Allegri."
Di Natale has calf injury
Antonio Di Natale is a real doubt for Udinese's trip to Inter on Sunday, as he was diagnosed with a sprained calf muscle.
Lazio sell Garrido to Norwich
Lazio have sold Javier Garrido to Norwich City after the Premier League club turned his loan spell into a permanent deal.
El Shaarawy: 'Milan must win'
Stephan El Shaarawy is fired up for Milan's do-or-die trip to Siena and admits "it would be wonderful to end the season with a goal."
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Google's renamed parent company is set to become the latest investor to back messaging tool Symphony. The FT reports.
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While there is uncertainty surrounding the consequences of a rate hike, Fed tightening will likely be positive for U.S. banks, says Christopher Wheeler, U.S. bank analyst at Atlantic Equities.
After a brutal third quarter for stocks, "Fast Money" traders looked to their best bets ahead, including Facebook and JPMorgan.
With health care, financials and energy sectors all embattled, what should investors expect going into the fourth quarter and 2016?
David Lebovitz, global market strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, says uncertainties over China's economy and the timing of an U.S. interest-rate rise are weighing on markets.
KC Chan, HK Financial Services and Treasury Secretary, says Hong Kong will eventually surpass major financial hubs like London and New York.
Robert Horrocks, CIO & portfolio manager at Matthews Asia, says stock markets in China and Hong Kong still look attractive compared to other markets in the region.
Investors should add these bonds to their portfolio if they believe the Fed will raise rates in December, the CEO of DoubleLine Capital said.
Penny Crosman, American Banker bank technology news editor-in-chief, discusses what new card security technology means for banks and consumers.
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard was against last week's decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady.
JPMorgan Chase third quarter markets revenue is running "about the same as everybody else," CEO Jamie Dimon said on Friday.
New York City's $165 billion pension funds will vote to strip Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan of his chairman title, a spokesman for the funds told Reuters.
Shares of some banks are poised to rally regardless of the Fed's rate decision on Thursday, CNBC "Fast Money" traders said.
The legal profession faces a "war for talent" as law firms battle to hire the best staff in the U.K., according to the CEO of the first British legal company to list in London.
GE seeks to sell its asset management arm to an investment management firm, as it continues to make moves to focus on its industrial products.
Burns McKinney, NFJ Investment Group, shares his view of the financials sector.
Dick Bove, the vice president of equity research at Rafferty Capital Markets, has heaped pressure on Bank of America.
Since the latest episode of extreme volatility in global markets, investors have shifted their interest from emerging markets to the U.S. and European stocks, says Amin Rajan, CEO of U.K.-based CREATE-Research.
Patrick Kaser, Brandywine Global, looks at financials and energy, two sectors headed in very different directions.
CNBC's Kate Kelly reports on Glencore's lenders and US bank exposure.
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The Pac-Man party continues as Namco Bandai has announced a followup to 2007's excellent Pac-Man Championship Edition: simply, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. The so-called sequel will launch on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this fall, adding new mazes, modes and enhancements to the CE formula.
In fact, DX sounds seriously "deluxe," expanding the original Championship Edition's six mazes to "more than 100 varied and mind-boggling" courses, according to Namco Bandai. Additionally, new modes will include Time Attack Mode, an objective-based Mission Mode and the (devour) Ghost Mode.
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Perhaps the world ended, and we brought it on ourselves. But only Joyce noticed the whimper. And she might just be tits-out crazy. Intended for adult readers, science fiction / humour novel Automatons is a stripping bare of the ways people stumble blindly down the same old paths, and how we find it so much easier to be humane to our technology rather than each other.
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It's a hot June morning in a small Midwestern town when fifteen-year-old Shawn Spencer arrives at the church for his best friend Tanner's funeral. Though his drowning was officially ruled an accident, Tanner's sister Jenny swears she saw something rise up from the Carthage Lake to pull the struggling teenager beneath the surface. Shawn doesn't believe in monsters… but he will…
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Seven years have passed since the Lords of Berinfell, watched the horror of Vesper Crag wash away, as well as their fallen kinsman, Jett Green. But with Grimwarden in exile, the realm of Berinfell finds itself ill-equipped to weather the coming storms. Nations will crumble, loyalties will be tested, and even the might of Berinfell's Lords may not be enough to stem The Tide of Unmaking.


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|Julian L. Henley
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This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/998,530 filed Dec. 29,1992 now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to fluid-filled prosthetic implants and more particularly to filling materials for medical implants.
2. Prior Art
Medical grade Silastic® brand of silicone elastomer has a long established record of safety and bio-compatibility with clinical data extending back nearly 35 years. Numerous implantable medical products, including implantable post-cataract eye lenses, heart valves, and other devices are made from this material. Over the past 30 years the outer shells of fluid or foam-filled implantable breast prostheses have been made from silicone elastomer and such prostheses are widely used for breast reconstruction following surgical mastectomy and augmentation of hypo-plastic breast tissue.
Extensive clinical data supporting the safety of silicone elastomer for implantation has been established. Recently, it has been suggested that implanted prosthetic devices comprising an elastomeric shell enclosing a silicone gel may lead to clinical problems, most of which are putatively related to the migration of the liquid silicone gel filler through the shell into the surrounding tissue. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently restricted the use of such silicone gel-filled implants to reconstructive applications and limited silicone gel augmentations to patients subject to FDA supervision. The reason for the recent action of part of the FDA has been the uncertainty surrounding the safety of gel-filled silicone implants for breast augmentation and reconstruction. Many patients have received such implants over the past 30 years and are now experiencing anxiety regarding the safety of their existing prosthesis. Furthermore, since silicone gel is radiopaque, it may interfere with x-ray detection of tumors.
New non-gel-filled versions of such prostheses, usually saline filled, are currently available and have been for some time. Saline has the advantage of being more radiolucent than silicone gel. Some of these prostheses employ an impermeable barrier for a shell material or to underlie the shell to minimize the migration of filling fluid from the prosthesis. Shells are now also commonly textured to facilitate the ingrowth of tissue and to reduce capsular contracture and anchor the prosthesis. Existing saline-filled prostheses, although meeting FDA safety and efficacy requirements, suffer from the difficulty that many of them rupture after implantation causing difficulty for the patient as the prosthesis collapses. In addition, while texturing the outer surface of the shell to reduce capsular contracture appears to be at least partially effective, many patients still experience such contracture following implantation. Further, since water and saline are denser than breast tissues, that is, they have a specific gravity greater than breast tissue, the weight of the filler displaces surrounding tissue and stretches the elastomeric shell causing cosmetically unacceptable wrinkling. Such surface wrinkling is believed to contribute to device failure by shell rupture and subsequent collapse. Over-inflation reduces this effect but contributes to spheralization and unnatural shape and feel.
Capsular contracture has received a great deal of attention in recent years. A capsule enclosing a foreign object implanted beneath the skin is a normal response. The capsule partitions the implanted object from the body. The formation of the capsule is, in itself, not usually a problem cosmetically. In many cases, however, for reasons that are still obscure, the capsule contracts, pulling itself into a hard spherical body which compresses the implanted prosthesis. Such spherical contracture is disfiguring and the capsule must be either ruptured or removed. The problem is discussed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,963,150 to Brauman and 4,889,744 to Quaid. It is generally believed that texturing the outer surface of a implantable prosthesis to permit tissue ingrowth disorients the collagen fibrils in the capsule thereby reducing capsular contracture. While it appears that an open-cell or textured surface reduces the incidence of capsule contracture, the mechanism for such a reduction is not known. It is desirable to provide an implantable fluid-filled prosthesis which does not utilize radiopaque silicone-gel yet retains its form and natural, tissue-like feel. It is also desirable that the prosthesis have viscoelastic properties that are similar to surrounding tissue and further reduce capsule contracture by reducing torque and mechanical forces at the prosthesis-tissue boundary.
It is an object of this invention to provide a fluid-filled medical implant that has a density less than or equal to breast tissue.
It is another object of this invention to provide polyphasic filler material for a medical implant having solid and gaseous phases which do not migrate in the case of rupture.
It is another object of this invention to provide a prosthesis for implantation which can be at least partially filled with relatively inelastic bio-compatible liquids, such as normal saline, dextran or hyaluronic acid and retain its shape.
It is another object of the invention to provide a fluid-filled prosthesis that will retain its structural shape, even in the event of a rupture of the outer shell.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide a means for regulating the density of the prosthesis while retaining the natural characteristics that are desirable of such prosthesis.
It is still another object of this invention to provide diphasic filler material that may be introduced transdermally into a previously implanted fluid-filled prosthesis to displace a portion of the fluid contained therein and reduce the effective density thereof.
Given the existing regulatory climate and uncertainty surrounding the safety of silicone gel-filled prostheses, such a prosthesis will obviate the current problems noted with silicone gel-filled implants and may also significantly reduce capsular contracture problems that have afflicted many prostheses for a number of years. Considering the number of patients presently having implants that are deemed unsafe by the FDA, it is critical that a fluid-filled prosthesis be provided which solves the problems identified above and does not require use of the silicone gel.
FIG. 1 is a cutaway section of a preferred embodiment of a fluid-filled prosthesis employing strings of interconnected beads or chambers to partially fill the interior of the prosthesis.
FIG. 2 is a cutaway longitudinal sectional view of a segment of the string of interconnected beads (gas-filled chambers) used as a filler in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing of an extrusion apparatus for extruding the solid/gas phases of the prosthesis filler according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a cutaway longitudinal section of a segment of a chain of cylindrical gas-filled chambers.
FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a breast implant having remotely accessible dual channels in fluid communication with the interior chamber of the implant.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a filler injector.
FIG. 7 is a schematic representation showing the use of dual channels to inject the two phase (diphasic) component of a filler into a prosthesis while displacing a portion of the fluid component from within the implant.
Before describing the various embodiments of the polyphasic filler material suitable for implantable prosthetic devices it will be helpful to digress for a moment and consider the viscoelastic coupling between an implanted breast prosthesis and the surrounding tissue as a possible factor in promoting capsular contracture. Although viscoelastic coupling may not be the primary factor in encapsulation, it may be an important factor in capsule contracture and the concurrent stiffening of the surrounding tissue. If a prosthesis has a different density and elastic behavior than the surrounding tissue, significant torsion and micro injury occurs at the interface between the surrounding tissue and the implanted prosthesis when the patient is in motion. A human body is more-or less constantly in motion, either by walking or other activity. During this activity, the momentum of the implanted prosthesis will cause displacement within its allotted space. Since the viscoelastic behavior as well as the density of the prosthesis is different than that of the surrounding fatty tissue, torsional and frictional effects occur; especially at the interface. These kinds of movements of the prosthesis (which can weigh anywhere from 200 to 800 grams and will experience translational excursions whether or not it is anchored and held rigidly to the chest wall) produces micro trauma resulting in minimal bleeding as well as tearing of small ingrowing blood vessels, at the capsule/tissue interface. This repetitive trauma at the capsule/tissue interface elicits a repetitive healing process. The repetitive healing of the torn tissue is accompanied by the migration of cells attempting to stabilize this prosthesis as well as heal the injury. This continued injury and healing process leads to contracture and hardening of the device, a common problem that afflicts as much as 5 to 40 percent of the patients receiving implanted breast prostheses. Encapsulation remains a natural process but often creates an undesirable result in breast implant surgery using currently available implants.
With the foregoing in mind, it is desirable that the implanted prosthesis have a density less than or closely approximating the density of the surrounding tissue so that the prosthesis and the surrounding tissue move together as a unit with minimum relative motion therebetween which can lead to tearing and micro-injury. Prior art silicone gel and saline-filled prostheses have a density greater than or equal to 1 g/cm3, whereas the fatty tissue in the breast has a density in the order of 0.92 g/cm3. If the repetitive trauma-healing-trauma scenario considered above is an important element contributing to spherical contracture of the capsule a density reduction of the prosthesis may significantly reduce the encapsulation and subsequent contracture.
A preferred embodiment of the fluid-filled prosthesis of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The prosthesis 10 utilizes the existing technology of forming a shell 11 of silicone elastomer usually by dip-casting an elastomeric dispersion on a shaped mandril (not shown). According to current practice the shell is cured, peeled off the mandril and filled with a sponge or sealed with a patch and filled with a fluid according to methods well known in the art. The present invention teaches the incorporation of a polyphasic filler 12 comprising an interconnected assembly of gas-filled chambers or beads 13, into a biocompatible elastomeric shell 11. The diphasic portion; that is, the gas-filled beads, may be introduced within the shell 11 either prior to filling the shell with fluid or after the shell has been fluid-filled. As will be discussed later, the diphasic portion may also be introduced into a fluid-filled prosthesis to displace a portion of the fluid even following implantation. This is useful for reducing the density of a previously implanted prosthesis in situ.
As used herein, the term "beads" or "bead" refers to a gas-filled chamber, the walls of which may be elongate, spherical, cylindrical or any shape that is convenient to manufacture. In a preferred embodiment the two phase (biphasic) component of the triphasic filler 12 is a string of extruded gas-filled elastomeric beads 13 with extrudate 14 therebetween forming a flexible connection wherein each bead is free of gaseous communication with any other bead. The elastomer is preferably cured silicone rubber, but any biocompatible elastomer which is impervious to the liquid phase may be used. The exact size of the extruded beads or the tubing from which they are formed may be empirically determined by considering the overall desired density reduction of the prosthesis as well as the esthetics or the final "feel" of the prosthesis. The important factor is that the density of the prostheses, as a whole, be comparable to or less than the density of the surrounding tissue. It is also preferred that, within the limitations imposed by the discrete structure of the diphasic portion of the filler, the density of the prothesis be substantially homogeneous throughout its volume. Preferably, the chains of gas-filled beads are interlinked to prevent the gas-filled beads or chambers from shifting or concentrating in a particular volume within the prosthesis. The range of the outer diameter of the beads is preferably less than 5 mm and more that 1/5th of a millimeter. The thickness of the wall of the bead may be arrived at empirically.
Turning now to FIG. 4 a segment of the diphasic portion of the filler comprising a chain of interconnected gas filled chambers is shown. The segment 40 has two distinct repeating elements: a cylindrical gas-filled element having an inner radius r and a length D1 ; and a silicone element connecting the gas-filled elements having a length D2. Each element has a different density. For the convenience we can set the wall thickness T of the gas-filled element equal to one-half the diameter of the silicone element. Considering the two elements as a unit, the length of the unit is
Lu =D1 +D2 (1)
It can be shown that if DE is the effective density of a unit and Dsil =the density of the silicone portions of a unit (≈1, 2), then ##EQU1##
The density Dsil of Silastic® brand of silicone is Dsil =1.2 and the density of tissue is Dtis ≈0.93. As seen from equation (2) the density Ds of a unit of filler can be varied by either changing the ratio of r1 to T or the length of the elements D1 and D2. If we arbitrarily set the length of the gas-filled segment D1 =2D2, then ##EQU2##
Therefore, the ratio of the radius of the gas-filled chamber r to the wall thickness T can be adjusted to effect the necessary density reduction in the 2-phase component of the filler. As will be discussed later, if the 2-phase component of the filler is extruded, this can be accomplished by adjusting the position and diameter of the mandril and the size of the die nozzle in the extruder head accordingly.
Silicone rubber is a preferred extrudable material for forming the chambers or beads. The central lumen of the extruded tubing which is constricted into beads during extrusion is preferably filled with nitrogen. As the tubing is being extruded it is compressed at intervals by constricting the size of the opening in the die nozzle to form essentially a string of gas-filled beads. The beads 13, which may resemble a string of sausages, have nitrogen gas 21 permanently trapped within the inner lumen. The string of gas-filled beads generally indicated at numeral 20 in FIG. 2 can conveniently be extruded in an apparatus as shown in FIG. 3. An extruder head 30 receives an elastomeric extrudate 31 from an extrudate reservoir (not shown). The extrudate 31 is forced through a die nozzle opening 32 to emerge from the extruder head 30 as a tube 20. If a mandril 33 is moved so that its tip partially blocks the die nozzle opening 32, the extrudate 31 is forced around the tip of the mandril 33 forming a gas-filled inner lumen 21 in the extruded tube 20. If the tip of the mandril 33 is then withdrawn (moved in the direction of arrow B) the lumen 21 will close. Thus, shuttling the tip of the mandril 33 in and out of the die nozzle opening 32 during extrusion will form gas filled pockets in the tubing. The gas is injected by suitable means through a bore 38 within the mandril. The injected gas is entrapped in the extrudate when the tip of the mandril is within the die nozzle opening. If slides 36 are moved in such as way as to partially close the die nozzle opening 32 as the mandril 33 is being withdrawn, the tubing "pinches" or is reduced in outer diameter as it exits the head. If the mandril 33 and the die nozzle opening slides 36 are adjusted to move synchronously, a chain of interconnected beads as shown in FIG. 2 will be extruded. As this tubing is extruded and formed into the biphasic portion of the prosthesis filler, the chain may be directed onto a moving platform (not shown). The motion of the platform may be adjusted to facilitate the contouring of the accumulating pile of interlinked gas-filled beads with entrapped nitrogen gas. The pile may be conical in shape, having the appearance of a rope being unwound as it falls onto the ground, or it may be compressed or molded to conform to a particular desirable shape then vulcanized. Overall, the form of the biphasic portion of the prosthesis filler is an interlinked mass of beads with trapped gas within the beads. As stated above, raw unvulcanized silicone elastomer is the extrudable material of choice for forming the beads. The chain of sausage-like beads may be readily interlinked after forming by vulcanizing the formed biphasic portion of the filler at elevated temperature. The walls of adjacent beads will stick together. Alternatively, the chain of beads can be partially coated with a silicone dispersion that vulcanizes at room temperature and loosely compressed into the shell. The dispersion will cure leaving a biphasic filler that will be elastically cohesive while, at the same time, compressible. Where deformation is desirable, outer wall adhesions need not be formed and the biphasic filler will exhibit a degree of deformation "flow".
After forming the extruded chain into the desired shape which will depend on the design of the prosthesis the chains are interlinked. This interlinking mass of small beads with entrapped nitrogen is then placed within an elastomeric shell that has been previously formed by dip casting on a mandril. The whole cavity of the shell may then be filled with normal saline, dextran or other bio-compatible liquids. It is possible that hyaluronic acid or hydrogels may provide additional antifriction effects that will give the fluid filled prosthesis a more desirable feel. The outer surface of the shell may also be textured to permit tissue ingrowth to promote stabilization of the device and diffusion of the viscoelastic interface discussed in the previous section. The nitrogen gas trapped within Silastic® tubing produces significant density reduction of the prosthesis, the interlinked tubing adds significantly to the structural integrity of the implant, and the gas phase within the tubing offers a slight compressibility to the device further ameliorating the contractile forces occurring during capsule formation. All these advantages can be obtained at the time of device manufacture.
The novel diphasic component of the filler described herein may be injected into an endoscopically implanted prosthesis as shown in FIGS. 5-7. Following endoscopic surgical insertion (not shown) of a collapsible shell 51, the shell is filled with saline through a fill port on the surface of the shell in the manner well known in the art. After filling with saline, the diphasic component of the filler (not shown in FIG. 5) can be serially introduced via a secondary lumen 53 into the prosthesis by means of an injector 60 shown in FIG. 6. The injection of the diphasic component will specifically displace a measured volume of saline, provide a desired density and weight reduction and add to structural integrity of the device. FIG. 7 shows a schematic representation of a suitable System for such endoscopic (minimal incision) insertion of filler.
The above-described embodiment of an implantable prosthesis made in accordance with the present invention offers numerous advantages. The filler provides a controllable density reduction to closely match the density of surrounding tissue by use of a combination of extruded elastomer, entrapped nitrogen and a fluid filler such as saline in the remaining space. Because of the interlinking internal structure, the filler will retain its shape, even in the event of shell rupture without causing a collapse of the whole prosthesis. In the event of shell rupture the prosthesis will retain approximately 80% of its size and shape. There are no elements of unknown toxicity that may bleed into surrounding tissue and cause clinical problems. The beads need not be interlinked because in the event of rupture the relatively large beads would be retained by the capsule surrounding the prosthesis and, being too large for ingestion and active transport by macrophages, effectively trapped within the capsular boundary. The only material that would bleed or otherwise leave the prosthesis in case of a rupture is the liquid phase such as normal saline which is readily absorbed by tissue and excreted. Another advantage of this design is significant density reduction and improved viscoelastic coupling between the surrounding tissue and the device. Since the device contains a filler material having a density that is less than or equal to the density of the surrounding tissue, it causes less injury at the prosthesis/tissue interface when in motion. An additional factor to consider is that because of the presence of the gas phase within the prosthesis itself the prosthesis may be compressed. Even if early capsule formation does occur during the early post surgical period, the device would be able to allow for some compressibility and thereby yield give way to the initial biological contracture. This in itself may offer some advantages on the final deformation effects that occur with current non-compressible implants.
In conclusion, this invention describes both the design and the manufacturing process for a bio-compatible breast implant device utilizing currently established, medically safe materials, achieving structural integrity, density reduction and compressibility. Through these factors, this device achieves significant improvement over the existing technology. Other embodiments include sticky or self-adhering closed-cell biocompatible particles as the solid/gaseous phase is that its density may be adjusted to accommodate a variety of liquid fillers to produce a triphasic filling material and gaining significant advantages in function and patient safety over current existing designs. As stated earlier, the gas-filled chambers or beads used in the filler need not be interconnected if they are dimensioned to prevent ingestion by macrophage in the case of rupture of the prosthesis shell. The gas-filled chambers or beads, whether free or interconnected, may be coated with a lubricious material such as a hydrogel to provide a more natural feel to such a prosthesis. It should be understood that the incorporation of gas-filled chambers within a fluid-filled medical implant is a means for reducing the density of the prosthesis filler to more closely approximate that of the surrounding soft tissue. The reduction in density reduces the relative motion and microtrauma between the prosthesis and the surrounding capsule-associated tissue and/or between the capsule-associated tissue and surrounding soft tissue. While gas-filled beads are presented as a means for reducing the density of a fluid-filled medical implant, any fluid-filled implant having a density less than or equal to the density of the surrounding soft tissue will reduce the incidence of motion-induced interfacial microtrauma and subsequent capsular contracture.
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Molecular Phylogeny of the Marsupial Genus Planigale (Dasyuridae)
Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene from all species of the dasyurid marsupial genus Planigale reveals several key differences with morphology-based estimates of relationship. Planigale maculata is the most divergent member of the genus, possibly forming a separate clade with Sminthopsis. Planigale ingrami, Planigale gilesi, and Planigale novaeguinea form a clade in which the latter two are probably sister species. The position of Planigale tenuirostris is less well resolved, but it appears to be related to the P. ingrami clade. Cytochrome-b sequences from two specimens collected in the Pilbara region of western Australia are highly divergent from other planigales and from each other and may represent previously unrecognized species.
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 590,756 filed Mar. 19, 1984, now abandoned.
This application relates to blow molding of thermoplastic materials.
Over a considerable number of years a large number of consumer products are reaching the marketplace in blow molded thermoplastic containers. Typical examples include windshield washer antifreeze and cooling system antifreeze for motor vehicles. While these are commonplace examples, the overall range of products contained in these containers is great and has been continuously increasing for a number of years. Simplicity of manufacture, durability and economy are factors which have influenced the growth in this industry.
While these blow molded containers have offered substantial advantages in many ways, there have been a number of long-felt problems for which adequate solutions have not been available. One such problem has been the difficulty in pouring from larger thermoplastic containers into receptacles having a relatively small opening. For example, in the case of the windshield washer antifreeze for motor vehicles, such products are commonly bought and transferred at motor vehicle service stations into the container provided for the purpose in the motor vehicle. Generally, funnels or the like are not readily available. As a result, there is considerable spillage with its many attendant undesirable results. In seeking a solution to this specific problem, a broader general problem in the blow molding art arose. This was the inability to blow mold an internal thread.
The present invention provides a method for blow molding an internal thread in a thermoplastic material. Such a thread has many uses, a specific example of one of which is on a pouring spout which can be attached directly to the external thread at the container opening.
It has been the case that screw caps and the like commonly used on molded thermoplastic containers have themselves been injection molded. Since it is impractical to injection mold a pouring spout with adequate mechanical properties, namely, with the flexing properties necessary to permit a non-directionally oriented spout to be bent in the pouring direction, and since the only internally threaded components were injection molded, a one piece pouring spout could not be blow molded for attachment to the container. As a result, it has commonly been the practice to utilize a two piece combination of a spout and an injection molded cap to form a pouring device. Thus, a spout would be constructed with a flanged bottom and an injection molded cap would be constructed with an opening in the top to accommodate the spout and with sufficient material remaining around the opening in the top to form a corresponding flange. The spout would then be inserted upwardly through the cap with the top of the spout flange bringing up against the inside of the top of the cap. The cap would then be tightened onto the threaded opening of the container to seal the parts together and provide for pouring from the container.
This arrangement included a number of problems. For example, in use the spout section of the arrangement has normally been of a formed directional nature, so that that section would require to be properly oriented when the cap was tightened in place. From the manufacturing point of view, the necessity for two pieces produced by different processes is a very inefficient approach and thus economically unattractive.
Similar problems arise in other applications by reason of the absence of an internal thread.
The present invention overcomes this difficulty by the provision of a method and apparatus for blow molding an internal thread whereby a variety of useful components can be readily produced for attachment to blow molded containers having an external thread. In terms of the specific application to a pouring spout, such a spout is produced which can be attached directly to the external thread of the container to produce a well-sealed pouring apparatus.
It has been discovered that a proper selection of the angle forming the surfaces of the mold will permit the blow molding of an internal thread which provides adequate sealing and gripping power for general use. In particular, negative angles are provided in that surface of the mold that defines the outer face of the internal thread.
Thus, there is provided a method for producing in a cylindrical thermoplastic material an internal thread comprising blow molding the thermoplastic material into a mold in which the surface of the mold defining the outer face of the thread is at a negative angle of at least 5 degrees to the planes perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical material.
In a further embodiment there is provided a method of constructing in a cylindrical thermoplastic material an internal thread comprising constructing a mold in which the surface of the mold defining the outer face of the thread is at a negative angle of at least 5 degrees to the planes perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical material and blow molding the thermoplastic material into the mold.
There is further provided a blow molded thermoplastic product having an internal thread.
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FIG. 1 illustrates the known manner of blow molding an external thread and;
FIG. 2 illustrates the method and apparatus of the present invention;
While the invention will be described in conjunction with the illustrated embodiments, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to such embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
In the following description, similar features in the drawings have been given similar reference numerals.
With reference to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a sectional view of a mold 10 having therein a plastic container 12, the cylindrical top of which has been blow molded to form the external thread 14. It will be noted that the exterior configuration of the molded container conforms accurately to the mold at the outside edge 16 of the container. This applies as well to the outside edge of the thread 18.
Significantly, the interior surface 20 of the thermoplastic material does not conform to the pattern established by the mold on the outside of the material. Thus, at the inside surface 22 opposite to the external threads, there may be very little distortion of the smooth interior surface.
Where an internal thread is desired, it is this smooth interior surface which in fact must be molded to form the thread.
Turning to FIG. 2, the critical importance of the above discussion is clearly illustrated. The drawing again illustrates in section a mold 24 and the upper portion of a thermoplastic article 26. Again the outer surface 28 of the molded article can be seen to conform accurately to the contours 30 of the mold. However, it is not the outside edge 28 of the molded material which is of importance, but rather, it is the inner surface 32 which defines the thread and so must be accurately formed.
If the mold is constructed in a manner similar to that of the FIG. 1 mold such that the mold contour is that desired for the finished internal thread, the outside surface 28 of the article will assume the shape of the contour, but the inside surface 32 will tend to damp out the contours in the same manner as the inside surface at 22 in FIG. 1. Because the profile of the inside thread of FIG. 2 is larger than that of the outside thread of FIG. 1, the plastic material will even on the inside surface 32, tend to move to some extent into the cavities.
In use, the outer side 34 of the continuous interior thread must bring up against and grip tightly the inner side 36 of the exterior thread. The gripping power must be sufficient to hold the two pieces in sealing engagement, and the profile of the internal thread is critical in this regard.
It is this difficulty in achieving a proper profile in the internal thread which has to date held up blow molding of such a component.
It has now been discovered that a suitable profile can be achieved by blow molding the thermoplastic material into a mold certain of the profiled surfaces of which are uniquely shaped to manipulate the flow characteristics to achieve the desired definition of the resulting interior thread. Specifically, the surface 30 of the mold 24 which lies on the outside of the thread opposite to the side 34; that is, the gripping side of the thread, is constructed at a negative angle relative to the path of the profile of the thread. This surface 30 may be said to define in the finished product the gripping surface (i.e. side 34) of the thread. This angle α is illustrated in FIG. 2. Clearly that angle is unusual in the context of FIGS. 1 and 2, since in all other cases the angles are in the opposite positive sense. In none of these other cases is the mold profile presented to the plastic material less than 90 degrees. The angle is taken relative to planes perpendicular to the axis of the mold.
It has been found that the proper choice of this negative angle will effect the damping of the mold profile at the inner surface 32 of the molded object. The mold profile can thus be constructed to result in the surface 34 of the interior thread assuming the necessary flat configuration to cooperate with the surface 36 of the exterior thread of FIG. 1. The angle choice must be at least 5 degrees. The preferred range is 5 to 15 degrees and the most preferred angle is 10 degrees.
By this means the flow characteristics of the thermoplastic material can be manipulated to achieve the desired profile.
The properties of the thermoplastic material also effect the performance of the product. Thus, it has been found preferable to use a lower density polyethylene as starting material. Sealing as between the spout and the container is enhanced by the higher coefficient of friction that is a characteristic of the lower density polyethylene.
From the manufacturing point of view, all of the negative angles, the flow characteristics of the material and the density of the material are of importance. If the negative angle is too small, clearly the internal thread profile will not be attained. On the other hand, as the angle increases beyond the preferred range, it becomes increasingly difficult to remove the finished product from the mold. In order that the production facility operate efficiently, it is necessary that the product drop freely from the mold as soon as the mold is opened without the intervention of a mold operator.
The hardness of the plastic is important from the user point of view. Generally speaking, the harder the plastic, the lower the coefficient of friction of the material. Therefore, if an internal thread such as that of FIG. 2 is blown with a high density plastic, and the thread is to be applied to an external thread such as that of FIG. 1, if the external thread is also of harder material, the frictional engagement between the two threads will not have sufficient holding power to maintain the thread tightly in position. For that reason it has been found preferable where the internal profile is to form an internal thread that the material used be a soft plastic. The preferred material will have a Shore hardness durometer reading of A70-85.
An additional consideration from the manufacturing and use point of view relates to thread size. It is desirable that thread size be kept reasonably tight to avoid an accordian-like stretching action. Generally, industry standards will dictate limits on thread size. For example, currently the standard thread size for four liter jugs and the like is 38 millimeters.
In terms of performance, the negative angle will lead to an increased gripping power between the internal thread and the external thread to which it is attached. Compression on the primary sealing ring will force the negative angled edge up against the right angle or positive angle of the bottle thread to thereby increase gripping and sealing efficiency.
Thus it is apparent that there has been provided in accordance with the invention blow molding of thermoplastic materials that fully satisfies the objects, aims and advantages set forth above. While the invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variations as fall within the spirit and broad scope of the appended claims.
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|U.S. Classification
|264/523, 249/59, 215/44, 425/525
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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|Certificate of correction
|Feb 11, 1992
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Jul 5, 1992
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Sep 8, 1992
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 19920705