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US 7,111,371 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for preventing leakage of bodily fluids and other fluids during embalming to preserve the dignity of the deceased during memorial services
OwnerThomas M. Adkinsinventor
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Abstract
An improved embalming method and apparatus functions to prevent leakage of bodily fluids and other fluids during embalming and to preserve the dignity of the deceased during memorial services. The improved embalming method and apparatus includes a trocar button, Calvarian clamp, ligature dispenser, defrigerant liquid, and an elevation device.
Claims14
A trocar button for insertion in an opening in soft tissue in the body of a deceased, said button comprising
- (a) a head (64), and,
- (b) a body
- (i) connected to, extending from, and tapering away from said head,
- (ii) having a distal tip (65) spaced away from said head,
- (iii) including an external thread
- having an angle Y of at least fifteen degrees,
- having a height K in the range of one to fifteen millimeters,
- having a maximum width W of about one-half inch, and
- extending substantially from said head to said tip, and
- (iv) having a length in the range of fifteen to fifty millimeters;
- and,
- (c) an opening (61) extending into said body to receive and engage an end of a tool used to turn the button in the opening in the body of a deceased.
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A method for sealing an aperture in soft tissue in the body of a deceased, comprising the steps of
- (a) providing a tool having a distal tip, a handle, and a neck extending intermediate said tip and said handle;
- (b) providing a trocar button including
- (i) a head (64);
- and,
- (ii) a body
- connected to, extending from, and tapering away from said head, having a distal tip (65) spaced away from said head, including an external thread
- having an angle Y of at least fifteen degrees,
- having a height K in the range of one to fifteen millimeters,
- having a maximum width W of about one-half inch, and
- extending substantially from adjacent said head to said tip having a length in the range of fifteen to fifty millimeters;
- and,
- (iii) an opening (61) extending into said body to receive and engage said distal end of said tool to turn said tool to turn the button in the aperture in the body of a deceased;
- (c) inserting said distal tip in the aperture;
- and,
- (d) inserting said end of said tool in said opening and turning said tool to turn said body into the aperture to seal the aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.