Wound plugs
A medical device for wound closure, including an elongate body with a plurality of portions and a perforated region disposed therebetween. The medical device may also include an alignment member. The wound plug may also have a first position for insertion, the portions being mechanically coupled to each other, and a second position where one or more of the portions are spatially separated.
1. A method of inserting a wound plug, the wound plug including an elongate body having a plurality of adjacent portions, wherein the relative movement of corresponding tissue planes causes movement of the portions, comprising:
surrounding the wound plug with a bioabsorbable sleeve, wherein the bioabsorbable sleeve compresses the wound plug;
inserting the surrounded and compressed wound plug through an opening in tissue; and
aligning a first adjacent portion of the elongate body with a first tissue layer and aligning a second adjacent portion of the elongate body with a second tissue layer, wherein the first tissue layer and the second tissue layer are different tissue layers.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising removing the sleeve.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sleeve compresses the wound plug.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the surrounded wound plug is inserted through the opening in tissue with an insertion device.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising aligning a third adjacent portion of the elongate body with a third tissue plane.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is dissolvable.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , further including dissolving the sleeve.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein dissolving the sleeve includes saturating the sleeve.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein dissolving the sleeve includes contacting the sleeve with water.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein dissolving the sleeve of the wound plug includes contacting the dissolvable sleeve with water.
11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is formed of a highly water soluble polymer.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the highly water soluble polymer is gelatin.
13. A method of plugging a wound, the method comprising:
inserting a wound plug including a dissolvable sleeve within a wound, wherein the dissolvable sleeve compresses the wound plug; and
dissolving the dissolvable sleeve within the wound.
14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein dissolving the sleeve of the wound plug includes saturating the dissolvable sleeve.
15. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the dissolvable sleeve is formed of a highly water soluble polymer.
16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the highly water soluble polymer is gelatin.
17. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein inserting the wound plug is performed using an insertion device.
18. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the dissolvable sleeve includes bioabsorbable material.