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US 2013/0085570 A1Published application
Fenestrator device and related methods
OwnerKarce Daniel Roseinventor
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Abstract
Devices, kits and/or methods for, or related to, creating a plurality of openings in a skin graft or skin substitute are described. The devices can have a plurality of perforating elements extending from a perforation component that can be safely held and manipulated by a user. The user can apply sufficient force to the perforating elements against the skin graft or skin substitute to enable the extended ends of the perforating elements to pass through the skin graft or skin substitute as to create openings therethrough.
Claims24
A device for fenestrating a graft, the device comprising:
- a perforation component having a plurality of perforating elements extending from a body and at least one alignment element extending from said body;
- a base component having a plurality of receiving spaces each being configured to at least partially receive at least one of the plurality of perforating elements,
- wherein the at least one alignment element is configured to align the perforation component relative to the base component such that the plurality of perforating elements are aligned with the plurality of receiving spaces in at least a transverse direction.
A method for perforating a graft, the method comprising:
- providing a fenestrator device having a perforation component and a base, the perforation component including a plurality of perforating elements extending from a body, the base including a plurality of receptacles each being configured to at least partially receive at least one of the plurality of perforating elements;
- providing a graft;
- disposing the graft over at least a portion of the base;
- and
- manipulating the perforation component such that at least one of the plurality of perforating elements perforates the graft and extends at least partially through at least one of the plurality of receptacles.
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