Permanent magnet closure for surgical incision - wounds are closed without stitching and directional tissue growth occurs

摘要

One or two adhesive strips (2) are arranged parallel to the wound edges having carriers (3) in or on them with side closing pockets into which sets (4) permanent magnets can be placed, or at least one magnet is arranged on one side with a corresponding soft-iron part on the other side. Pref. the magnets are equipped with loops or fasteners and have sterilizable covers which are coloured or identifiable according to polarity. The magnets can be levelled towards the incision to produce a stray field deep into the incision, or they are anisotropic. Alternatively the wound can be taped and a plastic tube containing magnets placed over it. The magnets have a coercive force of at least 4.500 A/cm and a power of at least 120mWs/cm3.