ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,276, issued on June 3.
"Device for delivering silicone prosthesis into a surgical pocket" was invented by Norman Bakshandeh (Manhasset, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for inserting a pre-filled or silicone prosthesis into a surgical pocket is formed from a sleeve formed of a trapezoidal bottom layer and a trapezoidal top layer attached to the bottom layer along longitudinal edges of the bottom layer and top layer. The top layer has a greater width than the bottom layer so as to form a shape of half of a truncated cone or a tapered half cylinder when the sleeve is filled. The sleeve has a constantly decreasing cross-secti...