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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
May. 02, 1997
Larry C Perry, Antioch, TN (US);
G Patrick Maxwell, Nashville, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A skin protector and accessories for protection of a skin incision during minimally invasive surgical procedures requiring protection from thermal and frictional abrasion, for example, during ultrasonic-assisted liposuction. The skin protector incorporates an outer configuration to assist in maintaining in situ positioning of the skin protector during operative procedure. An introducer member for blunt dissection of a tunnel is provided to allow easy insertion of the skin protector. A driver member for dilatation of the skin incision, and for facilitating implantation and withdrawal of the skin protector is provided with a complementary configuration to that of the skin protector to cause the skin protector to be taken along with rotary motion of the driver member.