Skin closure device
CA 1196831 A · Owner: Sheehan, Joseph C.M. · Inventors: Sheehan, Joseph C.M.
Overview
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An improved skin closure device is disclosed which includes a pair of parallel members adapted to be positioned along either said of a wound to be closed. The device includes a plurality of pins associated with the parallel members for the purpose of urging the dermis on either side of the wound together and an, adhesive interface adapted to maintain the members in a firmly positioned orientation with respect to the epidermis in order to hold the epidermis on either side of the wound together. Some embodiments of the skin closure device of this invention include a housing adapted to lock the parallel members in place with respect to each other.
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- Granted November 19, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 19, 2002.
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