Tissue retention systems and methods
AssigneeStetrix, Inc.
InventorsDavid D. Blurton, Mark Buchanan
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Abstract
A tissue retention belt for maintaining tissue in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure includes a first anchor zone, a second anchor zone, and a tension zone. The tension zone extends between the first anchor zone and the second anchor zone and defines a tension axis that extends in a direction of loading to be applied to retained tissue. The tension zone may include an auxiliary anchor zone that includes a removable non-adhesive and an adhesive surface configured to adhere to a patient's skin and provide auxiliary anchoring for maintaining tissue in position.
Claims29
A tissue retention belt for maintaining tissue in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure, comprising:
- a first anchor zone comprising an adhesive surface configured to adhere to a patient's skin;
- a second anchor zone spaced from the first anchor zone, the second anchor zone configured to attach to an inanimate object or the patient;
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- a tension zone integrated with the first anchor zone and extending between the first anchor zone and the second anchor zone, the tension zone defining a tension axis that extends in a direction of loading to be applied to retained tissue, the tension zone comprising an auxiliary anchor zone selectively attachable to the patient's skin to selectively provide additional adhesion to the patient's skin, the auxiliary anchor zone comprising a removable non-adhesive outer surface covering an auxiliary adhesive surface, the auxiliary adhesive surface configured to adhere to the patient's skin and provide auxiliary anchoring for maintaining tissue in position.
A tissue retention belt for maintaining tissue in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure, comprising:
- a first anchor zone comprising an adhesive surface configured to adhere to a patient's skin;
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- a tension zone extending from the first anchor zone along a tension axis that extends in a direction of loading to be applied to retained tissue, the tension zone comprising an auxiliary anchor zone adjacent the first anchor zone, the auxiliary anchor zone being selectively attachable to the patient's skin to selectively provide additional adhesion to the patient's skin, the auxiliary anchor zone comprising a removable non-adhesive outer surface covering an auxiliary adhesive surface, the auxiliary adhesive surface configured to adhere to the patient's skin;
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- a second anchor zone extending from the tension zone and disposed at a location spaced along the tension zone apart from the first anchor zone and apart from the auxiliary anchor zone.
A method of maintaining tissue in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure, the method comprising:
- providing a tissue retention belt comprising:
- a first anchor zone having an adhesive surface configured to adhere to a patient's skin;
- a second anchor zone spaced from the first anchor zone and configured to attach to an inanimate object or the patient;
- and a tension zone extending from the first anchor zone to the second anchor zone, the tension zone comprising an auxiliary anchor zone selectively attachable to the patient's skin to selectively provide additional adhesion to the patient's skin, the auxiliary anchor zone including a removable non-adhesive outer surface covering an auxiliary adhesive surface, the auxiliary adhesive surface configured to adhere to the patient's skin;
- exposing the adhesive surface of the first anchor zone by removing a backing material;
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- adhesively adhering the first anchor zone to a patient's skin at a first skin location and attaching the second anchor zone at an anchor location spaced apart from the first skin location, the first and second anchor zones being tautly connected via the tension zone along a tension axis that extends in a direction of applied loading.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.