{"id":1476,"date":"2012-12-22T22:01:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T22:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/?p=72"},"modified":"2020-05-04T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:51:21","slug":"the-keller-funnel-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/the-keller-funnel-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The Keller Funnel: What is it and How Does it Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Keller Funnel is a new FDA Class I device used for inserting a breast implant into the breast cavity.\u00a0 The funnel is composed of a rip-stop nylon sleeve with a hydrophilic inner coating.\u00a0 The company has made 5 claims espousing the use of the funnel over standard techniques.<\/p>\n

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  1. Employs a no touch delivery technique<\/li>\n
  2. Reduces surgery time and physician fatigue<\/li>\n
  3. Decrease the force on the implant shell<\/li>\n
  4. Decreases incision length<\/li>\n
  5. Lessens tissue trauma<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Not all of these claims can be proven; however, we have found that using the funnel dramatically reduces the contact of skin to the implant surface.\u00a0 In fact, the funnel results in a 27 fold decrease in skin contact and halves the amount of bacterial transfer during implantation.\u00a0 In my opinion, this will result in significantly less infections and likely will reduce the incidence of capsular contracture.\u00a0 For more information, please read the following article:\u00a0Aesthetic Surgery Journal-2012-Moyer.pdf<\/p>\n

    Other groups have also reported a decrease in the stress experienced by the implant shell.\u00a0 If true, implants may last longer and the risk of rupture is less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Keller Funnel is a new FDA Class I device used for inserting a breast implant into the breast cavity.\u00a0 The funnel is composed of a rip-stop nylon sleeve with a hydrophilic inner coating.\u00a0 The company has made 5 claims espousing the use of the funnel over standard techniques. Employs a no touch delivery technique … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[250],"tags":[322,323,324],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntermoyermd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}