Patent ID: 8926631
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of skin grafting, the method comprising the steps of: providing a device comprising a frame, a removable lid, a negative pressure chamber, an orifice plate fitted to an end of the chamber and having a plurality of openings through which skin blisters can be raised into an interior of the chamber, and a cutter integrated within the frame and being movable within the frame; said removable lid having a port for coupling to a vacuum source for application of a negative pressure to said chamber, wherein said lid is fitted with a viewing lens for observing the interior of the chamber; contacting the device to skin at a donor site; applying a negative pressure to the chamber to raise portions of the donor site into said openings of the orifice plate so as to form a plurality of blisters; observing the blister formation through said viewing lens; and actuating the cutter to harvest the blisters.