Protector for incised wounds
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1. A WOUND EDGE PROTECTOR FOR USE IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES COMPRISING:
- A THIN DRAPE MEMBRANE OF PLIABLE MATERIAL FOR COVERING A PATIENTS'"'"''"'"'S BODY, AND HAVING A GENERALLY CENTRAL AND OPENING THEREIN, AND ANCHOR MEANS ATTACHED ADJACENT THE MEMBRANE EDGE OF THE OPENING SAID ANCHOR MEANS COMPRISING A RESILIENT ROD FORMED INTO AN ANNULUS, THE ANCHOR MEANS BEING GENERALLY CAPABLE OF BEING COMPRESSED UNDER RESTRAINT AND EXPANDABLE WHEN RELEASED SO THAT WHEN INSERTED THROUGH AN INCISION THE ANCHOR MEANS UNDERLIES THE INCISION EDGES AND ANCHORS THE DRAPE INTERNALLY AROUND THE INCISION TO COVER THE WOUND SURFACE.
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1. A WOUND EDGE PROTECTOR FOR USE IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES COMPRISING:
- A THIN DRAPE MEMBRANE OF PLIABLE MATERIAL FOR COVERING A PATIENTS'"'"''"'"'S BODY, AND HAVING A GENERALLY CENTRAL AND OPENING THEREIN, AND ANCHOR MEANS ATTACHED ADJACENT THE MEMBRANE EDGE OF THE OPENING SAID ANCHOR MEANS COMPRISING A RESILIENT ROD FORMED INTO AN ANNULUS, THE ANCHOR MEANS BEING GENERALLY CAPABLE OF BEING COMPRESSED UNDER RESTRAINT AND EXPANDABLE WHEN RELEASED SO THAT WHEN INSERTED THROUGH AN INCISION THE ANCHOR MEANS UNDERLIES THE INCISION EDGES AND ANCHORS THE DRAPE INTERNALLY AROUND THE INCISION TO COVER THE WOUND SURFACE.
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Current AssigneeCreager J.R. Paul, Harold W. Harrower, William F. Blanford
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Original AssigneeCreager J.R. Paul, Harold W. Harrower, William F. Blanford
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InventorsCREAGER JR PAUL, Blanford, William F., Harrower, Harold W.
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Application NumberUS04/529,763Time in Patent Office908 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current128/850CPC Class CodesA61B 46/00 Surgical drapes
