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US 9,517,082 B2Granted
Methods for preparing a skin graft without culturing or use of biologics
AssigneeKCI Licensing, Inc.
InventorsSameer Ahmed Sabir, M. Josh Tolkoff, Andrew Ziegler
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to methods for preparing a skin graft without culturing or use of biologics.
Claims22
A method of skin grafting, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing a skin graft device on a donor site, wherein the skin graft device comprises a hollow body;
- creating a plurality of microblisters from the donor site by producing a negative pressure within the hollow body of the skin graft device;
- placing a first substrate within said hollow body so as to contact at least a portion of said microblisters;
- cutting the plurality of microblisters thereby creating a plurality of micrografts,
- capturing the plurality of micrografts on the first substrate;
- preparing said micrografts for transfer to a recipient site without culturing said micrografts or applying biologics to said micrografts;
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- transferring said micrografts from said first substrate to a recipient site.
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