Device for removing acrochordons

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for removal of bothersome acrochordons or skin tags from the skin. The device has an adhesive surface which allows manipulation and locking of the skin tag in such a way that acrochordon ectomic strangulation can occur without anesthetic or risk for bleeding or infections. The device includes three parts with one or several surfaces, the edges of which can be pivoted, folded, rotated or bent in relation to each other, whereby a more or less elastic strangulation of the skin tag causes an occlusion of the blood flow. The skin tag is simultaneously sealed to the skin surface and concealed by the device which makes the painless ectomic process cosmetically acceptable.

1 . A device for occlusive removal of a skin tag projecting from a skin area, comprising:
 an adhesion member for fixing the device to the skin area and having a support portion enclosing or contacting an end of the protruding skin tag next to the skin area;   a pressure member connected to the adhesion member for applying an occlusion pressure on the end of the projecting skin tag next to the skin area; and   a locking member for immobilizing the skin tag in relation to the skin area.   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein said pressure member comprises a threadlike portion for wrapping around the end of the skin tag next to the skin area. 
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 2 , wherein the threadlike portion is elastic. 
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 2 , wherein the threadlike portion forms part of a sheet or band which also includes said adhesion member. 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 2 , wherein the threadlike portion comprises at least one separate thread having guides in said adhesion member. 
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 4 , wherein the threadlike portion forms part of a plurality of such portions. 
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 6 , wherein the threadlike portions are designed to extend past the skin tag on different sides thereof when the device is adhered to the skin area. 
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 7 , wherein the threadlike portions extend from an inner circular line constituting an outer boundary of said adhesion member, to an outer circular line constituting an inner boundary of an annular part of the pressure member. 
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the pressure member comprises an adhesive disc-shaped portion for folding about at least the end of the skin tag next to the skin area. 
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 9 , wherein the disc-shaped portion constitutes part of a sheet or band which also includes the adhesive member. 
     
     
         11 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the pressure member comprises a disc-shaped portion having one or more hard edges or notches for contacting the end of the skin tag next to the skin area. 
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 11 , wherein the at least one firm edge is controllable in an eccentric action. 
     
     
         13 . The device according to  claim 11 , wherein the disc-shaped portion constitutes part of a cylindrical shell having a slit extending circumferentially, with the slit having hard edges and adhesive surface parts both externally for forming the adhesion member and internally for forming the locking member. 
     
     
         14 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the pressure member comprises at least two disc-shaped portions each having a hard edge or notch for contacting different parts of the end of the skin tag next to the skin area. 
     
     
         15 . The device according to  claim 14 , wherein the hard edges or notches are controllable in an eccentric action. 
     
     
         16 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the pressure member consists of a helical spring having a few close-coiled winding turns. 
     
     
         17 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the pressure member comprises an elastic strap or annulus and wherein the support portion of said adhesion member constitutes a counter surface for the strap or annulus. 
     
     
         18 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the adhesion member is elastic and has an opening in a central, non-adhesive portion, the edges of the opening forming the pressure member. 
     
     
         19 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the locking member is designed to fix the skin tag in a position deflected towards the skin area. 
     
     
         20 . The device according to  claim 19 , wherein the locking member covers at least the skin tag in its deflected position. 
     
     
         21 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the skin tag the has an upper portion and a lower portion near the skin area, with the support portion of the adhesion member enclosing or contacting the lower portion of the skin tag and the pressure member applying pressure on the lower portion of the skin tag while the locking member immobilizes the upper portion of the skin tag to facilitate removal of the skin tag. 
     
     
         22 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the locking member includes an adhesive that is configured to contact the skin tag or the skin area.