Patent ID: 8739363
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61B,A61L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A grommet device comprising: a substantially circular base structure; a substantially circular top structure connected to the substantially circular base structure with a substantially cylindrical middle portion, wherein an aperture having an interior space is positioned interior of the substantially cylindrical middle portion; a flexible top surface connected to the substantially circular top structure, wherein the flexible top surface is substantially planar; and at least one enlargeable slit formed within the flexible top surface and through an entire thickness of the flexible top surface, wherein an unobstructed path is positioned from a location proximate to an exterior side of the flexible top surface, through the at least one enlargeable slit, and into the interior space of the aperture, wherein a radial dimension of the substantially circular base structure is larger than a radial dimension of the substantially cylindrical middle portion.