US 12,262,916 B2
Breast implant removal device and related methods
David S. Kirn, Lexington, KY (US); and Kevin J. Maudsley, Lexington, KY (US)
Assigned to Kirn Medical Design, LLC, Lexington, KY (US)
Filed by Kirn Medical Design, LLC, Lexington, KY (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/219,308.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/695,418, filed on Jul. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,288, filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0388118 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 17/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/50 (2013.01) [A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for removing a breast implant, fill material, and/or a capsule from a patient, comprising:
a housing having solid distal and proximal portions which together define an interior chamber for receiving the breast implant, fill material, and/or capsule;
a ring fixed in position to an end of the proximal portion, the ring defining a rigid orifice through which the breast implant, fill material, and/or capsule pass during removal, and including a rounded outer lip having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the end of the proximal portion; and
a suction port.