Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Erezo, Darwin P (Department: 3773)
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
C606S215000, C602S042000, C602S057000, C602S058000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07981136
ABSTRACT:
The present development includes an elongated flexible base strip having its bottom surface coated with an adhesive material suitable for adherence to skin and constructed with bridging links spaced along the inner edge of the base strip and extending outwardly therefrom. The inner edge of the base strip is intended to be aligned adjacent to a lip of the wound being treated. Each of the bridging links has an adhesive coated section displaced from the inner edge. In the packaged or stored position, prior to engagement, the bridging links are folded over the upper surface of the adhesive strip about a hinge that is at the joint of the bridging link to the base strip.
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Burns & Levinson LLP
Erezo Darwin P
Erlich, Esq. Jacob N.
Korkhin, Esq. Yakov
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