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Skin incision instrument and method for incising skin with the same

  • US 8,097,013 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2010
  • Issued: 01/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for incising skin with a skin incision instrument the method comprising steps of:

  • incising, utilizing a driving unit of the skin incision instrument and a needle of the skin incision instrument, to form a incision portion in the skin;

    reading, utilizing a reader of the skin incision instrument, a direction of the incision portion;

    selecting m skin expander set(s) from n skin expander sets, based on the direction of the incision portion read by the reader, the m skin expander set(s) configured to form an angle between 45° and

    90, wherein the angle is formed by the direction of the incision portion in the reading step and the direction to expand the skin by the m skin expander set(s); and

    expanding, utilizing the m expander set(s), to expand the skin at both sides of the incision portion away from the incision portion;

    wherein the selecting step is performed by a calculating unit.

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