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    Polypropylene breast implants, also known as string breast implants, are a form of breast implant using polypropylene developed by Gerald W. Johnson....
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  • breast implant is a prosthesis used to change the size, shape, and contour of a person's breast. In reconstructive plastic surgery, breast implants can...
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    oil or polypropylene string. "Structured" implants using nested elastomer silicone shells with saline between the shells. The saline breast implant, filled...
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    "164XXX, with each implant weighing 26 pounds". She has since reported that their continued growth has increased the weight of each breast to 30 pounds (14 kg)...
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    extremely large breast implants. Mounds' implants are polypropylene string breast implants, which irritate the breast tissue, causing the breasts to grow continuously...
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  • became Systagenix Wound Management Limited. In 2009, Ethicon acquired breast implant maker Mentor, and in 2010 it acquired ear, nose and throat technology...
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  • Alloderm and other acellular dermal matrices are used routinely in implant based breast reconstruction after mastectomy for improved soft tissue coverage...
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  • romanized: prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be...
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    silicone breast implants, Dow Corning (Dow Chemical's Joint Venture with Corning Inc.) was sued for personal damages caused by ruptured implants. On 6 October...
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    implants for tooth fixation Blood vessel prostheses Heart valves Skin repair devices (artificial tissue) Cochlear replacements Contact lenses Breast implants...
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  • Polyethylene Polymethylene polyphenyl isocyanate Polymethyl methacrylate Polypropylene Polystyrene Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) Polyurethane foams Polyvinyl...
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    Adjustable gastric band (category Implants (medicine))
    others. In addition, Bashour developed the "gastro-clip", a 10.5 cm polypropylene clip with a 50cc pouch and a fixed 1.25 cm stoma, which was later abandoned...
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    growth-promoting signals from classic endocrine hormones (primarily estrogens for breast cancer and androgens for prostate cancer), are now called hormonal therapies...
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  • 2003 (page 86) Zeplin, Philip H. "Surface Modification of Silicone Breast Implants by Binding the Antifibrotic Drug Halofuginone Reduces Capsular Fibrosis...
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  • dot Pollera Polo neck Polo shirt Polonaise (clothing) Polos Polyester Polypropylene Pom-pon Pompadour (hairstyle) Poncho Pongee Pontifical vestments Ponytail...
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    gas evolution reaction electrodes for efficient bubble detachment Breast implants Contact lenses (silicone hydrogels, polyacrylamides, polymacon) Water...
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    Reinkemeyer: Fused Filament Fabrication of Biodegradable Materials for Implants, Proceeding of Euro PM 2019 Congress & Exhibition, Maastricht 13.-16. October...
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    Multiple protocols for freezing are summarized below (each uses screw-cap polypropylene cryotubes): Many common culturable laboratory strains are deep-frozen...
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    for 3–5 minutes. Containers are made from a medical-grade silicone or polypropylene. A South African study found that 93% used tap water when cleaning their...
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