The FDA has approved AeroForm, a balloon-like wireless tissue expander, for patients who choose to have reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy or for those with underdeveloped breasts and soft ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Women seeking breast reconstruction after a mastectomy often have to undergo a time-consuming, uncomfortable process to prepare their skin. A new invention is changing that, and ...

The device, developed by Palo Alto, Calif.-based AirXpanders, is used to stretch out breast tissue in preparation for a two-stage breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. AeroForm can also be ...

AirXpanders announced that the pivotal trial of its AeroForm Tissue Expander met its primary endpoint in women who seek a permanent breast implant following a mastectomy. A rare clinical trial for a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing a novel tissue expander that uses controlled carbon dioxide inflation operated by patients themselves in preparation for a permanent ...

The US Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of a new tissue expander system for soft tissue expansion in two-stage breast reconstruction following mastectomy and in the treatment of ...

The novel technology that forms the basis of Oxtex’s self-inflating tissue expander devices was created when two plastic surgeons in Oxford sought help from scientists to solve a problem. The ...

This might be the ultimate do-it-yourself project: Doctors are testing a device that would let women do part of their own breast reconstructions at home. It’s aimed at not only making treatment more ...