Advanced wound site management systems and methods
CA 2451084 A1 · Owner: Bollinger, Steve · Inventors: Kanner, Glenn; Tallarida, Steve J.; Bollinger, Steve
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An introducer comprises a sheath, a guide rod and at least one wire , stabilization guide. The guide rod is sized to fit within the inside diameter of the sheath. The guide rod has at least one slot along its length for releasably holding the wire stabilization guide. One or more wire stabilization guides are coupled to the sheath. In one exemplary embodiment the wire stabilization guides are inserted into a wound site and are dimensioned so as to cause an outward stretching force on the wound site. In another embodiment, the wire stabilization guides may form a loop so that , when the sheath is approximated to a wound site the loop is approximated to , tissue surrounding the wound …
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- Filed June 19, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 19, 2022.
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