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US 2003/0216751 A1Published application
Method of skin lesion excision using balloon dissection
OwnerMelvin Bircollinventor
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Abstract
A method of performing skin lesion excision using balloon dissectors. The method's principle benefits are: (1) a reduction in the amount of time it takes the surgeon to create a surgical field with properly undermined and hemostatically controlled skin flaps, (2) a reduction in the amount of tension on the skin closure, and (3) an increase in the likelihood of optimal scar formation.
Claims17
A method of skin lesion excision comprising the steps of:
- a) creating a small incision just large enough to allow for the introduction of a small instrument at a surgical site;
- b) inserting a deflated balloon dissector through the incision and positioning said deflated balloon dissector in subcutaneous tissue beneath a lesion to be excised;
- c) inflating the balloon dissector with a sterile fluid;
- d) maintaining the balloon dissector in an inflated state for a period of time;
- e) deflating said balloon dissector;
- f) removing the deflated balloon dissector from the surgical site;
- and,
- g) excising the lesion.
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A preparatory method for skin lesion excision comprising the steps of:
- a) inserting a deflated balloon dissector through an incision and positioning said deflated balloon dissector in subcutaneous tissue beneath a lesion to be excised;
- b) inflating the balloon dissector;
- c) maintaining the balloon dissector in an inflated state for a period of time sufficient for capillary hemostasis;
- d) deflating said balloon dissector;
- and,
- e) removing the deflated balloon dissector.
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A method of skin lesion excision comprising the steps of:
- a) creating an incision proximate to a lesion;
- b) inserting a deflated balloon dissector through the incision;
- c) positioning said deflated balloon dissector in subcutaneous tissue beneath a lesion to be excised;
- d) inflating the balloon dissector;
- e) maintaining the balloon dissector in an inflated state for a period of time;
- f) deflating said balloon dissector and removing the deflated balloon dissector;
- and,
- g) excising the lesion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.