Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1989-01-11
1990-08-21
Brown, Theatrice
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
A61B 1704
Patent
active
049502824
ABSTRACT:
An adhesive strip-like bandage for application to skin wounds for sealing the wound without surface stitches or staples. The wound closure strips may be fabricated from a bias cut, woven, or non-woven, polymer-based material or other film, exhibiting uni-directional stretch properties which permits the strips to stretch in a controlled manner during wound healing. The strip bandages are detachably mounted to a backing member and in one configuration comprise a comb-like structure.
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Beisang Arthur A.
Ersek Robert A.
Holman Daniel G.
Brown Theatrice
Genetic Laboratories, Inc.
Haugen Orrin M.
Niebuhr Frederick W.
Nikolai Thomas J.
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