Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1993-09-30
1997-01-07
Jackson, Gary
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
606216, 606153, 606154, A61B 1704
Patent
active
055912060
ABSTRACT:
A method and a device for holding together a pair of tissue edges defining a wound in a skin layer of a patient, the skin layer having an epidermic top layer and an underlying dermic layer. The device includes a first locking element, a second locking element, a locking structure positioned on either one of the first or second locking element for locking the first locking element to the second locking element. A first grasping structure is positioned on the first locking element for grasping on a portion of the dermic layer positioned adjacent the first locking element. A second grasping structure is positioned on the second locking element for grasping on a portion of the dermic layer positioned adjacent the second locking element. The first and second locking elements are adapted to be inserted by a puncturing action, on each side of the wound, through the epidermic layer and into the dermic layer, so that the first and second locking elements are completely embedded into the dermic layer of the skin. The first and second locking elements are then adapted to be pushed towards one another until the locking structure locks them together adjacent the tissue edges with the first and second grasping structure respectively grasping onto the portion of the dermic layer positioned adjacent the first locking element and the portion of the dermic layer positioned adjacent the second locking element, the first and second locking element thus closing the wound while being embedded into the dermic layer of said skin. The first and second locking elements are made of bioabsorbable material. Since the operation is effected by a puncturing action into the dermic layer, scarring is reduced to a minimum.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4766898 (1988-08-01), Hardy et al.
patent: 5243973 (1993-11-01), Cook
patent: 5282829 (1994-02-01), Hermes
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