Self retaining skin retractor

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1977-12-21

1979-12-11

Crowder, Clifford D.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

A61B 1704

Patent

active

041778022

ABSTRACT:
A device to facilitate accurate placing of sutures for closing a wound or incision which takes the form of an elongated wire member the ends of which are to be located at the ends of the wound or incision. The device is to be resilient forcing outwardly the ends of the device and thereby making the wound or incision taut. The side walls of the wound or incision are maintained in accurate apposition so as to facilitate the location of the sutures.

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patent: 748131 (1903-12-01), Winterbotham
patent: 928424 (1909-07-01), Betts
patent: 1441298 (1923-01-01), Pineiro
patent: 2234715 (1941-03-01), Whitney
patent: 2383705 (1945-08-01), Bortagaray

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