System and method for clinical soil control for a skin grafting system
OwnerKelly Molinaro, Marvin A. Guiles +2inventors
InventorsKelly Molinaro, Marvin A. Guiles, Thomas J. Evans, Aaron McPherson
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling clinical soil are provided. A system includes a device cover formed of a flexible polymer sheet defining an interior volume for a skin grafting device, and includes at least a first opening configured to receive a portion of the skin grafting device. The system further includes a cincture having a gasket configured to be affixed to a perimeter of the first opening of the device cover and to secure the device cover about the first opening to the skin grafting device to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior volume of the device cover during a skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting device.
Claims20
A skin grafting system comprising:
- a handheld device comprising a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system;
- a cartridge comprising a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and configured to be operated by the handheld device to extend and retract during a skin grafting process;
- an absorptive material disposed within the peripheral housing and surrounding the plurality of hollow microneedles;
- a device cover formed of a flexible polymer sheet defining an interior volume for the handheld device, and including at least a first opening configured to receive the cartridge;
- and a cincture comprising:
- a gasket configured to be affixed to a perimeter of the first opening of the device cover and to secure the device cover about the first opening to at least one of the handheld device or the cartridge to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior volume of the device cover, and wherein the absorptive material is configured to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior of the handheld device via the cartridge, wherein the gasket is configured to surround the peripheral housing of the cartridge.
A skin grafting system comprising:
- a handheld device comprising a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system;
- a cartridge comprising a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and configured to be operated by the drive system to extend and retract during a skin grafting process;
- a device cover formed of a flexible polymer sheet defining an interior volume for the handheld device, and including at least a first opening configured to receive the cartridge;
- and a cincture comprising:
- a gasket configured to be affixed to a perimeter of the first opening of the device cover and to secure the device cover about the first opening to the cartridge to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior volume of the device cover, wherein the gasket is configured to surround the peripheral housing of the cartridge.
A clinical soil control system comprising:
- a device cover formed of a flexible polymer sheet defining an interior volume for a skin grafting device and including at least a first opening configured to receive a portion of the skin grafting device;
- an absorptive material disposed within a peripheral housing of a cartridge and surrounding a plurality of hollow microneedles of the cartridge, and a cincture comprising:
- a gasket configured to be affixed to a perimeter of the first opening of the device cover and to secure the device cover about the first opening to the skin grafting device to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior volume of the device cover during a skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting device, wherein the gasket is configured to surround the peripheral housing of the cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.