Instrument For Stretching The Skin

摘要

Instrument for stretching the skin for closing wounds, having a skin expander, having at least two jaws mechanically adjustable relative to each other in a tension direction on the skin expander, having barbs associated with the jaws the barbs being anchorable in the skin in the area of the edges of the wound, wherein a tensile force is exerted on the skin by means of the barbs by adjusting the jaws, the force stretching the skin and drawing the edges of the wound toward each other, wherein one or more barbs are each disposed on a carrier extending transverse to the tension direction, wherein the carriers are releasably mounted on the jaws, and wherein the carriers can be fixed in position relative to each other by attachable fixing elements.

主权项

1. An instrument for stretching skin for closing a wound, comprising:
a skin expander, having opposing jaws mechanically adjustable relative to each other in a tension direction on the skin expander, having barbs that are associated with the jaws and configured to be anchored in the skin in an area of the wound edge; wherein a tensile force is exerted on the skin via the barbs by adjusting the jaws, the force stretching the skin and drawing the edges of the wound toward each other, wherein at least one barb of the barbs is disposed on a carrier of a plurality of carriers extending transverse to the tension direction, wherein the plurality of carriers are releasably mounted on the jaws, wherein the plurality of carriers can be fixed in position relative to each other by fixing elements, wherein when the plurality of carriers are fixed in position relative to each other by the fixing elements, the plurality of carriers can be released from the jaws and the skin expander removed while the plurality of carriers remain in a fixed in position relative to each other.