Patent ID: 7806902
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A self-adjusting pressure applicator comprising: a monolithic ring component having a position adjustor that delineates a lower shaft from an upper shaft and a contact surface at an end of the lower shaft opposing the position adjuster; a monolithic foreskin holder having a contact surface and a pair of opposing arms having deflectable free ends opposing the contact surface of the monolithic foreskin holder; wherein the pair of opposing arms automatically deflect outward as they move down the upper half sphere towards the lower half sphere and automatically retract inward as the pair of opposing arms move down the lower half sphere towards the contact surface of the monolithic ring component; wherein the shoulder prevents inadvertent movement of the pair of opposing arms of the monolithic foreskin holder up to the upper shaft opposing the contact surface of the monolithic ring component; wherein a spring back force is automatically generated by the pair of opposing arms in contact with the lower half sphere when a deflected gap between the free ends of the pair of opposing arms is greater than an initial gap to maintain a substantially constant circumference pressure force on to the tissue disposed between the contact surface of the monolithic ring component and the contact surface of the monolithic foreskin holder without the intervention of a user after a single axial sliding motion to position the pair of opposing arms in contact with the lower half sphere, whereby tissue disposed between the contact surface of the monolithic ring component and the contact surface of the monolithic foreskin holder is retained without causing injury to the tissue.