Invention Application
- Patent Title: Craniotomy Closures and Plugs
- Patent Title (中): 开颅闭合和插头
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Application No.: US12942444Application Date: 2010-11-09
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Publication No.: US20110054540A1Publication Date: 2011-03-03
- Inventor: James D. Ralph , Thomas N. Troxell
- Applicant: James D. Ralph , Thomas N. Troxell
- Main IPC: A61B17/80
- IPC: A61B17/80

Abstract:
Strip fasteners and cranial plugs for use in reattaching a skull flap removed during brain surgery and methods of using the same. The strip fasteners are flexible and can be shaped to follow the perimeter contour of the skull flap. The cranial plugs can be used to reattach the skull flap or they can be installed after the skull flap is reattached using the strip fasteners. In some embodiments, the cranial plug(s) and strip fasteners can be installed at the same time. The strip fasteners and cranial plugs are designed to encourage bone growth and healing of the skull flap and they can be used to deliver medication and bone growth enhancement compositions to the surgical site.
Public/Granted literature
- US08088151B2 Craniotomy closures and plugs Public/Granted day:2012-01-03
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