Suture treatment method and suture construction/kit therefor

摘要

A suture method, suture construction, and suture kit enables health care providers and patients to select colored sutures from a wide variety of colors. The variously colored sutures enable the patient to adorn a skin wound site so as to more effectively treat the wound with patient input and cooperation. The suturing method involves the steps of assessing a suture site or skin wound; selecting a suturing technique based on the assessed suture site or skin wound; providing a visual depiction of exemplary suture layout schema to the patient, which exemplary suture layout schema are reflective of the selected suturing technique; providing a patient with a selection of suture colors; inviting the patient to select at least one suture color from the suture color palette; selecting at least one suture color from the selection of suture colors; and suturing a suture site with a variously colored suture as selected by the patent.

主权项

1. A skin wound treatment method, the skin wound treatment method for externally adorning a skin wound site, the skin wound treatment method comprising the steps of:
assessing a patient's skin wound site, the patient's skin wound site being assessed by a health care provider; selecting a suturing technique based on the assessed skin wound site, the suturing technique being selected by the health care provider; providing a patient with a visual depiction of exemplary suture layout schema, the suture layout schema being reflective of the selected suturing technique; providing the patient with a suture color palette, the suture color palette comprising a plurality of suture colors; selecting at least two suture colors from the suture color palette, each suture color being selected by the patient; and suturing the skin wound site with at least one suture construction, each suture construction comprising a suture length, a visually perceptible suture width, epidermal markers and a dermal marker, the suture length comprising a series of color-demarcated, transverse suture bands, the suture bands comprising non-uniform, varied band widths, the band widths sequentially summing to equal the suture length, the suture bands for extending intermediate superficial suture incisions for exposing the visually perceptible suture widths of successive suture bands, the varied band widths for enabling varied exposure lengths across the skin wound site, and some suture bands defining the epidermal and dermal markers, the epidermal markers flanking the dermal marker for aiding the user in proper suture technique during suture application, the entire suture width of each suture band width comprising singular suture coloration, the singular suture coloration being reflective of the selected suture colors for adorning the skin wound site, a select marker selected from the group consisting of the epidermal markers and the dermal marker comprising at least one marker angle indicator, the at least one marker angle indicator being obliquely angled relative to a suture length axis of the suture length and configured for roughly parallel positioned placement relative to a skin surface during suture application, the at least one marker angle indicator being color-contrasted relative to a suture band in which it is located and for aiding the user in proper suture technique during suture application.