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US 2011/0087274 A1Published application
Wound Closure Device
AssigneeTyco Healtcare Group LP, New Haven, Ct
InventorTimothy Sargeant
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Abstract
Biocompatible wound closure devices including an elongate body and a plug member are useful for wound repair.
Claims21
A wound closure device comprising:
- an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- a plug member having a tissue facing surface pivotably connected to the distal end of the elongate body and a second surface opposite the tissue facing surface,
- wherein the tissue facing surface comprises an electrophilic component, and the second surface opposite the tissue facing surface comprises a nucleophilic component.
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A wound closure device comprising:
- an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end;
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- a plug member having a tissue facing surface and a second surface opposite the tissue facing surface, the tissue facing surface being pivotably connected to the distal end of the elongate body,
- wherein the plug member comprises a porous substrate comprising a first hydrogel precursor applied to the tissue facing surface of the porous substrate and a second hydrogel precursor applied to the second surface opposite the tissue facing surface, the tissue facing surface of the substrate being spatially separated from the second surface opposite the tissue facing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.