Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1994-07-27
1997-04-08
Thaler, Michael H.
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
606213, 606151, A61B 1700
Patent
active
056183100
ABSTRACT:
A device applies continuous tension to skin adjacent an ulcerative area, to expand and approximate this skin until it covers the ulcerative area. The new device includes a frame which defines a path in which sliders move under the force of a constant tension spring. Each slider includes a hook-like element that engages and pulls the skin until the skin on opposite sides of the ulcerative area comes together. This element is curved, thus defining a plane which is oriented perpendicular to the path of the slider.
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Ger Ralph
Oddsen Robert
Progressive Surgical Products Inc.
Schmidt Jeffrey A.
Thaler Michael H.
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