Method and apparatus for retention of adipose tissue
AssigneeStetrix, Inc.
InventorsDavid D. Blurton, Mark Buchanan
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Abstract
A tissue retention system to assist in maintaining adipose tissue on a patient in a displaced position during a medical procedure to provide access to a body region of the patient includes a flexible anchor pad having a pad length and a pad width. The anchor pad may include a pad body with an adhesive surface thereon, the adhesive being configured to selectively adhere to a patient's skin. The anchor pad also may include an opposing first attachment surface facing away from the adhesive surface. The tissue retention system also may include a flexible tension member having a second attachment surface.
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A method of maintaining an abdominal pannus in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure, the method comprising:
- removing a backing material from a first portion of a tissue retention apparatus to expose an adhesive surface of the first portion;
- adhesively adhering directly to the abdominal pannus the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus so that a first portion width extends relatively perpendicular to a direction that the abdominal pannus is to be displaced and so that a first portion length extends in a direction toward a head of the patient, the first portion width being between 25% to 350% greater than the length and a surface area of the first portion being at least 20 square inches, the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus being configured to selectively adhere to the patient's skin and configured to detach from the patient's skin without substantially damaging the patient's skin;
- adhesively adhering a second portion of the tissue retention apparatus at a location spaced apart from the abdominal pannus in a direction toward the patient's head;
- displacing pannus tissue from a natural position to a displaced position with the first portion adhered thereto;
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- attaching a third portion of the tissue retention apparatus extending from one of the first and second portions to the other of the first and second portions in a manner that maintains the pannus tissue in the displaced position.
A method of maintaining an abdominal pannus in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure, the method comprising:
- removing a backing material from a first portion of the tissue retention apparatus to expose an adhesive surface of the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus;
- adhesively adhering directly to the abdominal pannus of the patient the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus so that a width of the first portion lies relatively perpendicular to a direction that the abdominal pannus is to be displaced and so that a length of the first portion extends in a direction toward the patient's head, the width being greater than the length, the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus being configured to selectively adhere to the patient's skin and configured to detach from the patient's skin without substantially damaging the patient's skin;
- grasping a second portion of the tissue retention apparatus that extends from the adhesively adhered first portion of the tissue retention apparatus;
- pulling the second portion of the tissue retention apparatus toward the patient's head to displace the first portion and the abdominal pannus adhered thereto from a natural position to a displaced position;
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- maintaining the abdominal pannus in the displaced position with the second portion of the tissue retention apparatus.
A method of maintaining an abdominal pannus with a tissue retention apparatus to provide access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure, the method comprising:
- removing a backing material from a first portion of the tissue retention apparatus to expose an adhesive surface of the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus, the adhesive surface of the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus being configured to selectively adhere to the patient's skin and configured to detach from the patient's skin without substantially damaging the patient's skin;
- adhesively adhering the exposed adhesive surface of the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus directly to a curved abdominal pannus of the patient so that the first portion of the tissue retention apparatus conforms about the curved abdominal pannus;
- removing a backing material from a second portion of the tissue retention apparatus to expose an adhesive surface of the second portion of the tissue retention apparatus;
- displacing the abdominal pannus from a natural position to a displaced position;
- adhesively adhering the exposed adhesive surface of the second portion of the tissue retention apparatus directly to the patient's skin at a location on the patient between a head of the patient and the curved abdominal pannus;
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- maintaining the abdominal pannus in the displaced position with the tissue retention apparatus.
A method of maintaining an abdominal pannus in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure, the method comprising:
- removing a backing material from a first anchor portion to expose an adhesive surface, the adhesive surface of the first anchor portion being configured to selectively adhere to skin of the patient and detach from the patient's skin without substantially damaging the patient's skin;
- adhesively adhering the exposed adhesive surface of the first anchor portion directly to the patient's curved abdominal pannus so that the first anchor portion conforms about the curved abdominal pannus;
- pulling on a tension portion extending from the first anchor portion and not adhered to the patient's skin to displace the abdominal pannus;
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- maintaining the abdominal pannus in a displaced position with the tension portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.