Wound clamp
AssigneeInnovative Trauma Care, Inc.
InventorsIan Atkinson, Dennis Filips, Prasanna Lakshminarasimhan, Steve Dralle, Kelly Mottet
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a wound closure device including: (a) a first opposing member and a second opposing member disposed on opposing sides of a central axis, each resiliently moveable between a closed position and open position relative to each other, each of the opposing members having a distal edge; (b) skin penetrating means for anchoring the device; (c) a pressure bar along each distal edge; (d) releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in the closed position; and optionally (e) an accessory component.
Claims41
A wound closure device comprising:
- (a) a first opposing member and a second opposing member engaged about a longitudinal axis, each pivotally moveable around the axis between a closed position and an open position relative to each other, and moveable longitudinally along the axis from a first position to a second position, each of the opposing members having a proximal edge adjacent the longitudinal axis and a distal edge, and an outer face and an inner face;
- (b) a first ratchet on the first member, and a second ratchet on the second member, which engage each other to maintain the opposing members in the closed position, when the first and second members are in the first position, and which disengage when the first and second members are in the second position;
- (c) a plurality of needles disposed on the distal edges of the first and second members;
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- (d) an accessory component.
A wound closure device comprising:
- (a) a first opposing member and a second opposing member engaged about a longitudinal axis, each pivotally moveable around the axis between a closed position and an open position relative to each other, each of the opposing members having a proximal edge adjacent the longitudinal axis and a distal edge;
- (b) skin penetrating means for anchoring the device;
- (c) a pressure bar along each distal edge;
- (d) releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in the closed position;
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- (e) an accessory component.
The device of claim 19, wherein the frictional engagement is enhanced by a plurality of longitudinal ridges on one or both of the opposing member bearing surfaces.
A wound closure device comprising:
- (a) a first opposing member and a second opposing member disposed on opposing sides of a central axis, each resiliently moveable between a closed position and open position relative to each other, each of the opposing members having a distal edge;
- (b) skin penetrating means for anchoring the device;
- (c) a pressure bar along each distal edge;
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- (d) releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.