Patent ID: 8080042

Claim:
A strip fastener for reattaching a skull flap removed from a skull during brain surgery, the skull flap having a top surface, a bottom surface and a perimeter defined by a bone edge surface, the bone edge surface having a vertical component extending from the top surface to the bottom surface and a horizontal component extending around the perimeter in a lateral direction, the strip fastener comprising a flexible strip having a bottom portion and a top portion and having length and sufficient flexibility to be formed lengthwise around the perimeter in the lateral direction and alongside the bone edge surface, the strip having a plurality of flap tabs spaced along the length of the bottom portion of the strip and in engagement thereto, and a plurality of skull tabs spaced along the length of the top portion of the strip and in engagement thereto, wherein the flap tabs protrude transversely to the length and away from the bottom portion of the strip and protrude perpendicularly to the skull tabs; wherein the flap tabs are adapted to be disposed over and adjacent to the skull flap and the skull tabs are adapted to be disposed over and adjacent to the skull when the strip is positioned alongside the bone edge surface, and wherein the flap tabs are structured to be attached to the to the skull flap and the skull tabs are structured to be attached to the skull with attachment means, thereby reattaching the skull flap to the skull.