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US 10,206,755 B2Granted
Method for stretching the skin
OwnerWilhelm Fleischmanninventor
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Abstract
In a device for stretching the skin, particularly for closing a wound, anchoring elements are anchored in the skin. The anchoring elements are movable on a guide device. First anchoring elements are anchored in the skin of the edge of the wound. Second anchoring elements are adjustable on the guide device in the stretching direction behind the first anchoring elements in relation to and independently of said first anchoring elements.
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A method for stretching skin to close a wound, comprising:
- anchoring first anchoring elements, which are adjustably coupled to a guide device, to the skin on both sides of the wound, wherein a distance between the first anchoring elements is adjustable to introduce a first pulling tensile force in the skin in a pulling direction;
- anchoring a second anchoring element in the skin on at least one side of the wound,
- wherein the second anchoring element is anchored in the skin behind a first anchoring element of the first anchoring elements and at a distance from the first anchoring element in the pulling direction,
- wherein the second anchoring element introduces a second pulling tensile force in the skin in the pulling direction;
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- wherein the first pulling tensile force of the first anchoring elements and the second pulling tensile force are adjustable independently from each other.
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A method for stretching skin to close a wound, comprising:
- anchoring opposing first anchoring elements in the skin on opposing sides of the wound, wherein the opposing first anchoring elements are adjustably attached to a guide device and the opposing first anchoring elements without penetrating beneath the skin;
- introducing a first pulling tensile force in the skin in a pulling direction by reducing a distance between the first anchoring elements along the guide device;
- anchoring a second anchoring element in the skin behind a first anchoring element of the opposing first anchoring elements;
- introducing a second pulling tensile force in the skin in the pulling direction via the second anchoring element;
- wherein the first pulling tensile force and the second pulling tensile force are adjustable independently from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.