Patent ID: 8088151

Claim:
A method of reattaching to a skull a skull flap removed from the skull to make an opening in the skull during brain surgery, the skull flap having a perimeter contour, comprising: shaping a strip fastener to follow the perimeter contour of the skull flap, the strip fastener comprising a flexible strip having a flap tab disposed along the length of the bottom portion of the flexible strip to be disposed under and adjacent to the skull flap and a skull tab disposed along the top portion of the flexible strip to be disposed over and adjacent to the skull, the flap tab protruding transversely to the length and away from the bottom portion of the flexible strip and perpendicularly to the skull tab; affixing the strip fastener to the skull flap by disposing the skull flap tabs over and adjacent to the skull flap; and positioning the skull flap with the strip fastener affixed thereto in the opening in the skull and in the position from which the skull flap was removed.