Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1989-04-27
1990-12-11
Green, Randall L.
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
606213, A61B 1700, A61L 1300
Patent
active
049767267
ABSTRACT:
Improvements to skin closure devices wherein a sheet member is adhesively attached to the skin and has side edges that extend along and are contiguous with the side edges of the skin opening to be closed, which device also includes bridging members attached to the sheet member on opposite sides of the skin opening for holding portions of the sheet member on opposite sides of the skin opening and the skin opening together in a closed condition, the improvements including an elongated strip of relatively porous material intended to hold a quantity of medication therein substantially along th length thereof, and a layer of adhesive along the length on one surface of the strip for attaching the strip to the skin closure in position extending along the closed skin opening, whereby the medication substance can drain into the medicate the skin opening. The improvements are also embodied in the provision of markings on the skin closure for use in realigning corresponding opposite edges of a skin opening or incision during closing thereof.
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Green Randall L.
Jackson Gary
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