| US 7,513,902 B2 | ||
| Skin lesion exciser and skin-closure device therefor | ||
| Michael K. Banbury, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (US); Jillian E. Banbury, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (US); Craig B. Berky, Milford, Ohio (US); and Warren P. Williamson, IV, Loveland, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on May 13, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/845,313. | ||
| Application 10/845313 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/261155, filed on Sep. 30, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/357520, filed on Feb. 15, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/326254, filed on Oct. 01, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0215217 A1, Oct. 28, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 17/50 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—131 [606/215] | 7 Claims |
| 5. A device for excising tissue and closing a wound that results from excision of the tissue, the device comprising:
structure defining an aperture into which tissue to be excised is exposed;
a cutting member for excising the tissue;
a closure member for closing the wound;
an actuatable drive member associated with the structure, the drive member being actuatable to move the cutting member relative
to the aperture for excising the tissue that is exposed in the aperture and for closing the wound with the closure member,
the drive member including first and second portions, the first portion of the drive member supporting the cutting member
and the second portion of the drive member moving the closure member from an open condition to a closed condition, the closure
member, when in the closed condition, closing the wound; and
the first portion of the drive member including a support portion for supporting the cutting member, collapsible legs connecting
the support portion of the first portion of the drive member to the second portion of the drive member, the support portion
moving into engagement with the second portion of the drive member when the collapsible legs collapse.
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