03-18-2014, 12:51 PM
0.9% is what the human body is normally, thus the reason most saline solution is also that salinity.
Interesting side note, if an implant is filled with a higher salinity solution, they will slowly expand by themselves with water in the body moving through the semi-permiable membrane (silicone shell) in an attempt to equalize the salinity inside and outside of the implant via osmosis. There is a company that has self expanding implants which fill naturally using this very process, although I don't think they are available in the US yet...
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Interesting side note, if an implant is filled with a higher salinity solution, they will slowly expand by themselves with water in the body moving through the semi-permiable membrane (silicone shell) in an attempt to equalize the salinity inside and outside of the implant via osmosis. There is a company that has self expanding implants which fill naturally using this very process, although I don't think they are available in the US yet...
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