Skin seal device and assembly thereof

Details Skin seal device and assembly thereof Skin seal device and assembly thereof

1994-04-29

1995-04-04

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

606164, A61M 500

Patent

active

054033365

ABSTRACT:
A skin seal for making a substantially gas-tight seal with the skin of a patient having a wall with an incision therein comprising a body having proximal and distal extremities and having a flow passage extending from the proximal to the distal extremity. The body has a first outer cylindrical surface extending from the distal extremity toward the proximal extremity and has a uniform diameter. The body also has a second outer tapered surface extending from the first surface toward the proximal extremity and has a gradually increasing diameter. A helical thread is formed on the first and second outer surfaces.

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