Appliance for accelerating the healing of a bone surgery site
AssigneeAxel Kirsch
InventorAxel Kirsch
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Abstract
An appliance for temporarily covering a bone surgery site, such as a recess in a bone filled with bone-building material, such as hydroxylapatite granules, for promoting post-surgery healing includes a flexible sleeve adapted to wrapped around the bone, which carries a covering membrane on one side thereof facing the bone and which carries a reinforcing ply on a side facing away from the bone. The sleeve has two free closure edges, which can be firmly attached to each other with connecting elements which engage into the reinforcing ply, so as to hold the appliance wrapped around the bone.
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An appliance for temporarily covering a surgery site of a bone in vivo comprising:
- a flexible sleeve adapted for wrapping around said bone having a covering membrane consisting of material for accelerating healing of said surgical site disposed at a side of said sleeve adapted to face toward said bone, and a reinforcing ply disposed at an opposite side of said sleeve adapted to face away from said bone;
- said sleeve having two closure edges proximate each other when said sleeve is wrapped around said bone, said reinforcing ply being exposed along said closure edges;
- connecting means, engaging said reinforcing ply along said two closure edges, for connecting said closure edges for firmly holding said sleeve around said bone with said covering membrane covering said surgery site;
- said reinforcing ply having exposed edges, extending parallel to said closure edges, said exposed edges being bent away from said bone and forming said closure edges engaged by said connecting means;
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- said covering membrane projecting beyond said reinforcing ply along one of said closure edges, and terminating the other of said closure edges along a line wherein said reinforcing ply bends away from said bone.
An appliance for temporarily covering a surgery site of a bone in vivo comprising:
- a flexible sleeve adapted for wrapping around said bone having a covering membrane consisting of material for accelerating healing of said surgical site disposed at a side of said sleeve adapted to face toward said bone, and a reinforcing ply disposed at an opposite side of said sleeve adapted to face away from said bone;
- said sleeve having two closure edges proximate each other when said sleeve is wrapped around said bone, said reinforcing ply being exposed along said closure edges;
- connecting means, engaging said reinforcing ply along said two closure edges, for connecting said closure edges for firmly holding said sleeve around said bone with said covering membrane covering said surgery site;
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- each of said covering membrane and said reinforcing ply having at least one slot disposed perpendicularly to one of said closure edges, each of said covering membrane slot and said reinforcing membrane slot extending from one of said closure edges and proceeding circumferentially around a portion of said sleeve, said slot in said reinforcing ply dividing said reinforcing ply into separated regions, said separated regions of said reinforcing ply lying flush to each other, said slot in said covering membrane dividing said covering membrane into separated regions, said separated regions of said covering membrane overlapping each other.
An appliance for temporarily covering a surgery site of a bone in vivo comprising:
- a flexible sleeve adapted for wrapping around said bone having a covering membrane consisting of material for accelerating healing of said surgical site disposed at a side of said sleeve adapted to face toward said bone, and a reinforcing ply disposed at an opposite side of said sleeve adapted to face away from said bone;
- said sleeve having two closure edges proximate when said sleeve is wrapped around said bone, said reinforcing ply being along said closure edges;
- connecting means, engaging said reinforcing ply along said two closure edges, for connecting said closure edges for firmly holding said sleeve around said bone with said covering membrane covering said surgery site;
- each of said reinforcing ply and said covering membrane having a plurality of bushings therein, said bushings in said covering membrane being in registry with said bushings in said reinforcing ply and a plurality of rivets respectively extending through said bushings attaching said reinforcing ply to said covering membrane.
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