Adjustable implants has a low-bleed, gel-filled outer lumen and an adjustable saline-fillable inner lumen. The resulting devices combine the advantages of tissue expanders with the feel of a gel breast implant. In order to provide a prosthesis with elasticity and integrity, the outer and inner shells are made with successive cross-linked layers of silicone elastomer. The textured SILTEX™ shell provides a disruptive service for collagen interface. The silicone elastomer fill tube is pre-inserted into the dual selfsealing valve system at the time of manufacture and is joined to the injection dome by the connector system at the time of surgery. Two types of connector systems and injection domes are provided with BECKER™ product and either may be used. The inner lumen can be gradually filled with saline over an extended period of time via the fill tube and injection dome. Once expanded to the desired volume, the fill tube and injection dome are removed through a small incision under local anesthetic, and the prosthesis remains in position as a breast implant. The saline-filled inner lumen of the SILTEX™ BECKER™ Expander/Breast Implant provides the physician with the ability to control, within specified limits, the amount of expansion desired.
Volume | Gel Volume | Total Saline | Total Gelsaline | Temporary Overexpansion
Gel Volume
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Volume
Max. Saline
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Width | Height | Projection | Catalog Number |
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290 cc | 100 cc | 235 cc | 335 cc | 170-190 cc | 270-290 cc | 12.0 cm | 10.5 cm | 5.3 cm | 324-1205 |
325 cc | 110 cc | 270 cc | 380 cc | 190-215 cc | 300-325 cc | 12.5 cm | 10.9 cm | 5.5 cm | 324-1255 |
365 cc | 125 cc | 300 cc | 425 cc | 215-240 cc | 340-365 cc | 13.0 cm | 11.3 cm | 5.7 cm | 324-1305 |
400 cc | 130 cc | 335 cc | 465 cc | 240-270 cc | 370-400 cc | 13.5 cm | 11.8 cm | 5.9 cm | 324-1355 |
460 cc | 160 cc | 375 cc | 535 cc | 270-300 cc | 430-460 cc | 14.0 cm | 12.2 cm | 6.2 cm | 324-1405 |
565 cc | 195 cc | 460 cc | 655 cc | 330-370 cc | 525-565 cc | 15.0 cm | 13.1 cm | 6.6 cm | 324-1505 |