Pietro J Ranieri

US Patent:

20130282057, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

Jun 6, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/911479

Inventors:

Sheila Green - Dillsburg PA, US
R. Michael Johnson - York PA, US
Pietro Ranieri - Haddonfield NJ, US
Kristin Chrouser - St. Louis Park MN, US

Assignee:

JHPIEGO CORPORATION - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

A61B 17/064

US Classification:

606220

Abstract:

A skin closure clamping device includes: (a) a strip whose outer surface includes a front portion that has a number of cavities therein, (b) an assortment of pegs or male staples fabricated from a biodegradable material, each having distal and proximal ends, and wherein each of the pegs' distal ends is configured to pierce a patient's skin, and each of the pegs' proximal ends is configured to allow it to be detachably fitted into one of the cavities of the strip, and each peg's outer surface proximate its distal end having a ratcheting mechanism, and (c) a female member having an outer surface with a front portion that includes an opening configured to receive the pegs' distal ends in such a manner that the pegs' ratcheting mechanisms interact with the opening to adjustable lock together each of the pegs to the female member so as to apply a compressive force between them that aids in holding a patient's skin together while it heals.

US Patent:

20120303040, Nov 29, 2012

Filed:

May 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/114692

Inventors:

R. Michael Johnson - York PA, US
Pietro Ranieri - Haddonfield NJ, US
Kristin Chrouser - Baltimore MD, US
Sheila Green - Dillsburg PA, US

Assignee:

JHPIEGO CORPORATION - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

A61B 17/326

US Classification:

606118

Abstract:

A male circumcision device which reasonably skilled and trained caregivers in emerging nations can use to perform painless, safe, effective, quick and minimal cost circumcisions includes: (a) an enclosure with an opening configured to allow it to slide, after the penile foreskin has been rolled back, over the glans of the patient's penis until this opening is located adjacent the point where the foreskin attaches to the penis, the enclosure further having a plurality of cavities which are arranged around its perimeter and proximate its opening, (b) male parts of a clamping assembly, each being configured to be detachably fitted into one of the enclosure's cavities and each having an elongated protuberance with a distal end that can pierce the penile foreskin, and (c) female parts of a clamping assembly, each having an opening to receive the protuberances' distal ends and each having a configuration adapted to allow these male and female parts to mate together so as to apply a compressive force between them that aids in holding a patient's remaining foreskin together while it heals.