Joe,
Could you ask H&W what they would think of using the Endotine devices for helping with strip closure (or comment yourself). An example of their use in cosmetic surgery is below.
» Joe,
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» Could you ask H&W what they would think of using the Endotine devices for
» helping with strip closure (or comment yourself). An example of their use
» in cosmetic surgery is below.
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» http://www.coaptsystems.com/products/mid_face.html
Marco, What is Endotine devices?
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» » helping with strip closure (or comment yourself). An example of their
» use
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» » http://www.coaptsystems.com/products/mid_face.html
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» Marco, What are
They are a resorbable plastic that have a plate with small barbs as shown in a picture in the link. They can be placed under the skin to close a wound and stop strechback while healing takes place.
I will take a look at your link. Interesting…
Ok Marco I looked at the thread… Now help me understand how we can implement this in the occipital region during a strip? I mean it is used in the cheeks around the cheeks in the mouth? Does it have to have boney points of insertion to hold it down???
» Ok Marco I looked at the thread… Now help me understand how we can
» implement this in the occipital region during a strip? I mean it is used
» in the cheeks around the cheeks in the mouth? Does it have to have boney
» points of insertion to hold it down???
The design and implementation are in the pic. It’s a two headed barbed device with a neck between. Insert under the skin vertically at the strip wound. Press on “1” to anchor. close the wound manually “3” and press on “2”. Add a few stitches. This will hold it in position for about six months without tension. O.K, the patents gone now that it’s posted 
I am going to show Dr. Harris. Kind of neat.