A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 17/08 (2006.01) A61B 17/06 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2139413
An apparatus for closing wide skin defects may be used with two long interdermal needles configured for insertion underneath skin close to margins of a skin defect. The skin closing apparatus may include two retaining members (70, 71) configured as a flange connecting two legs (20) and forming a U-shaped profile. Each of the legs may include either a sharp hook (23) or a blunt skin insertion element at the end of the leg adapted for percing the skin and engaging one of the long interdermal needles. Alternatively, the retaining members may include topical engagement elements for engaging portions of the interdermal needles which are located above the skin surface. A contracting mechanism such as a screw (82) may connect the retaining members and approximate the interdermal needles, while bringing the skin margins together until final closure of the skin defect results. One of the retaining members may be fixed to the screw shaft while the other may be releasably connected to the screw shaft by an intergral locking mechanism (85). The skin closing apparatus may also include a clutch mechanism (110) configured to disengage the screw from a knob (81) or handle, when a predetermined force is met or exceeded. Each retaining member of the skin stretching device may include a base segment connected to a pivotal needle carrier by a flexible pivot segment (132). Each retaining member may also include a base segment, which carries the skin insertion needles, removably connected to the body of the skin stretching device. Each base segment may further include a male and/or female connector (143, 144) for engaging a connector (146, 148) on an opposing base member. The retaining members of the skin stretching device may also include skin insertion needles which may be adjustably positioned. The apparatus may further include a device for shielding (176) the sharp points of the skin insertion needles.
Borgia Julian
Dicesare Paul
Gilat Alexander R.
Hirshowitz Bernard
Levy Amnon
Medchem Products Inc.
Swabey Ogilvy Renault
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