Methods and devices for skin closure
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorJulian Quintero
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Abstract
A wound closure device and a method of its use are disclosed. The wound closure device comprises a wound closure strip, the wound closure strip comprising a wound-facing side and a top side, the wound-facing side comprises an adhesive applied over at least a portion of the wound facing side of the wound closure strip and a non-symmetric, two-part release liner assembly detachably adhered to the adhesive, the release liner assembly comprising a first section and a second section with the second section comprising a wound closure strip-free portion forming a tab. In an alternate embodiment, the device is multi-segmented and the wound closure strip may be coextensive with the release liner assembly.
Claims9
A multi-segmented wound closure device, comprising:
- a multi-segmented wound closure strip, wherein each segment of the multi-segmented wound closure strip is configured to be separated from the multi-segmented wound closure strip, the multi-segmented wound closure strip having a wound-facing side and a top side opposite the wound-facing side, the wound-facing side comprising an adhesive applied over at least a portion of the wound facing side;
- a release liner assembly detachably adhered to the wound closure strip by the adhesive, the release liner assembly consisting of a first section and a second section;
- wherein the release liner assembly extends over an entire length of each segment of the multi-segmented wound closure device and over an entire width of the multi-segmented wound closure device,
- wherein a width of the wound closure strip is greater than a width of the first section of the release liner assembly;
- wherein the first section and the second section are separated from each other by a liner cut, and
- wherein the liner cut is a shared boundary between the first section and the second section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.