US 11,883,279 B2
Implant with fillable reservoir
Skander Limem, Melrose, MA (US); Fabio Felix, Foxborough, MA (US); Said Rizk, Windham, NH (US); David P. Martin, Arlington, MA (US); and Simon F. Williams, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Tepha, Inc., Lexington, MA (US)
Filed by Tepha, Inc., Lexington, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,995.
Application 17/679,995 is a continuation of application No. 16/195,144, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,291,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/587,859, filed on Nov. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387171 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/18 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61F 2/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/186 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0059 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61F 2002/183 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0061 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant comprising:
a fillable reservoir with a microporous outer layer, the microporous outer layer including a plurality of micropores; and
a macropore in the microporous outer layer,
wherein the macropore has a size between 0.0045 mm2 and 5 mm2,
and wherein the plurality of micropores have an average diameter of less than 10 μm.