Irabha ye-silicone enezinga lokushisa eliphezulu-ayiyona-ubuthi, inokuhambisana okuhle kwe-biocompatibility, futhi inezinto ezinhle kakhulu zomzimba nezomshini. Ihlala ingonakalisiwe ngisho nangemva{3}}kukhishwe amagciwane ngezinga lokushisa eliphezulu. Ngakho-ke, isetshenziswa kabanzi emkhakheni wezokwelapha nezempilo. Okufana namashubhu ompontshelwa igazi, amashubhu ahlukahlukene, amashubhu e-thoracic drainage, izinto zezimonyo nezibuyisela esimweni, isikhumba sokwenziwa, izinto ezifakelwayo, amasistimu okukhululwa{6}}ezidakamizwa, ama-biosensors, njll.
Ingase futhi isetshenziselwe ukwenza izitho ezihlukahlukene zomuntu, njengama-larynx okwenziwa, amaphaphu okwenziwa, izimila ze-retina, izinhliziyo zokwenziwa, ama-valve ayindilinga e-mitral, umphimbo, uqhoqhoqho, amalunga okwenziwa, izitho zokwenziwa, njll. Uma zifakwa ngaphakathi emzimbeni womuntu, zingakwazi ukwenza imisebenzi yezitho. Uma iziguli ezikhishwe i-larynx zisebenzisa i-larynx yokwenziwa, zingakwazi ukubuyisela ngokushesha imisebenzi efana nokukhuluma, ukudla nokuphefumula, futhi akukho zenzakalo ezingavamile ezenzekayo.
Ukusetshenziswa kwerabha ye-silicone emkhakheni wezokwelapha nempilo kungahlukaniswa ngezigaba ezilandelayo: esikhundleni sezitho noma izicubu ezihlala emzimbeni womuntu isikhathi eside; Ukuhlala-isikhashana kwemishini yezokwelapha emzimbeni womuntu; Imishini yezokwelapha yezimonyo; Uhlelo lokukhishwa kwezidakamizwa{1}}Imikhiqizo yangaphandle.