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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
James D. Ralph, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Thomas N. Troxell, Pottstown, PA (US);
Mark Michels, Glen Mills, PA (US);
James D. Ralph, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Thomas N. Troxell, Pottstown, PA (US);
Mark Michels, Glen Mills, PA (US);
BioDynamics LLC, Englewood, NJ (US);
Abstract
Craniotomy closures comprising surgical fasteners are described for use in reattaching a skull flap removed from the skull of a patient during brain surgery. Methods of using the same are also described. Surgical strips used in combination with the fasteners are shaped to follow the perimeter contour of the skull flap. The craniotomy closures are designed to encourage bone growth and healing of the skull flap and they can be used to deliver medication and bone growth enhancement materials to the surgical site.