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KERF CRANIAL CLOSURE METHODS AND DEVICE

  • US 20100036413A1
  • Filed: 08/06/2009
  • Published: 02/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device for use in craniotomies comprising:

  • a strip for laying into the kerf (gap) left by a craniotome blade;

    wherein said strip leaves a substantially smooth contour with an outer surface of a cranium;

    wherein the strip is sufficiently sponge-like and malleable to be compressed into a smaller space and held into place by compression forces created by the strips own tendency to expandwherein said strip is secured by the compression forces which reduce the tendency of the strips to fall into the kerf towards the dura or brain.

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