Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1999-07-14
2000-09-19
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
A61B 1708
Patent
active
061205257
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a skin tensioning device. The skin tensioning device includes an anchor member having a body portion and a pair of first suture guide slots. The anchor member is positioned at one side of a wound. A winding assembly is coupled by sutures to the anchor member. The winding assembly comprises a winder body having a first end and an opposing second end. Similar to the anchor member, the winder body includes a pair of second suture guide slots. The winder body is positioned at an opposite side of the wound. The suture is looped through the first and second suture guide slots of the anchor member and winder body, respectively, so that the suture also extends through the skin beneath each member and across the wound. The first end of the winder body includes a retaining groove which is formed in sidewalls and a bottom surface thereof. The second end of the winder body includes a beveled shoulder formed therein. The winding assembly also includes a reel having a first end and an opposing second end. A ratchet is provided at the second end and an annular retaining flange, which is received within the retaining groove of the winder body, is formed at the first end. Intermediate the first and second ends is a rail which is disposed parallel to an axis of rotation of the reel. The rail has a catch lip portion which captures the suture as the reel is cranked thereby winding the suture around the reel and drawing the anchor member and winder body toward one another and eventually brining margins of the wound into apposition for conventional suturing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2752921 (1956-07-01), Fink
patent: 5127412 (1992-07-01), Cosmetto et al.
Closure System L.L.C., Star/Suture Tension Adjustment Reel, Brochure (approximately Jun. 1998).
Buiz Michael
Trinh Hoa B.
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