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Fixation pin entry site dressing and method

  • US 5,080,661 A
  • Filed: 04/18/1991
  • Issued: 01/14/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An external fixation pin site dressing comprising an elongate body of soft, compressible, resilient and highly-absorbent material having a longitudinal primary slit extending inwardly from one side of said body;

  • and a plurality of pairs of transverse slits extending inwardly from opposite sides of said body and partially dividing said body into a multiplicity of segments;

    said transverse slits of each pair being coplanar and having inner edges spaced apart to define a narrow connecting septum between adjacent segments;

    each septum providing a tearable connection between adjacent segments permitting separation of a single segment, or a selected number of joined segments, from the remainder of said body so that said separated segment or segments may be longitudinally compressed and fitted onto a portion of a fixation pin extending between a patient'"'"'s skin and a fixation pin bracket with such pin portion being fully received in said longitudinal primary slit.

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