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US 5,047,047 AGranted
Wound closing device
OwnerInBae Yooninventor
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Abstract
A wound closing device includes a body having first and second arms interconnected to allow relative angular movement therebetween, and at least one skin-engaging member carried by each arm the body having a closed position where free ends of the skin-engaging members are moved toward each other to penetrate skin surround the wound. The wound closing device can be integrally formed from a strip of bendable material to urge the arms to the closed position, and the arms are movable to an open position to space the free ends of the skin-engaging members to span the wound. The skin-engaging members can be hollow to introduce medication into a wound and can have various configurations, spacing and dimensions dependent upon the wound to be closed.
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A wound closing device comprising
- a first arm having an inner end and an outer end and carrying at least one skin-engaging member extending from said first arm at a position between said inner and outer ends and having a free end for penetrating the skin;
- a second arm having an inner end and an outer end and carrying at least one skin-engaging member extending from said second arm at a position between said inner and outer ends and having a free end for penetrating the skin;
- means interconnecting said inner ends of said first and second arms for allowing angular movement thereof relative to each other between an open position where said free ends of said first and second arm skin-engaging members are spaced from each other to span a wound and a closed position where said free ends of said first and second arm skin-engaging members are moved toward each other to penetrate the skin surrounding the wound;
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- means angularly urging said first and second arms about said interconnecting means toward said closed position whereby said free ends of said first and second arm skin-engaging members are urged toward each other when said skin-engaging members penetrate the skin to facilitate healing of the wound.
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A wound closing device comprising
- a strip of bendable material defining first and second arms interconnected by an intermediate portion;
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- skin-engaging members extending from said first and second arms;
- said strip of bendable material having a normal closed position in which said skin-engaging members penetrate the skin around a wound and are directed toward said intermediate portion and said strip of bendable material allowing movement of said first and second arms about said intermediate portion away from said normal closed position to an open position in which said skin-engaging members are spaced from each other to span a wound.
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A wound closing device comprising
- body means for extending across a wound including first and second movable arms adapted to be disposed on opposite sides of the wound;
- at least one first skin-engaging member extending from an end connected with said first arm to a free end directed toward said second arm
- at least one second skin-engaging member extending from an end connected with said second arm to a free end directed toward said first arm;
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- said first and second skin-engaging members having curved configurations whereby each of said first and second skin-engaging members follows a single path when penetrating the skin and being removed from the skin in response to movement of said first and second arms.
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A wound closing device comprising
- first and second arms each carrying at least one skin-engaging member for penetrating skin on opposite sides of a wound;
- means interconnecting said first and second arms for being disposed over said wound to position said first and second arms on opposite sides of the wound;
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- bandage means disposed at least at said interconnecting means for overlying the wound.
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A wound closing device comprising
- body means for positioning on opposing sides of a wound;
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- hollow skin-engaging means extending from said body means for penetrating the skin adjacent the wound and allowing introduction of medication into the wound.
A wound closing device comprising
- a first arm carrying at least one skin-engaging member extending from said first arm and having a free end for penetrating the skin;
- a second arm carrying at least one skin-engaging member extending from said second arm and having a free end for penetrating the skin;
- means interconnecting said first and second arms for allowing angular movement thereof relative to each other between an open position where said free ends of said first and second arm skin-engaging members are spaced from each other to span a wound and a closed position where said free ends of said first and second arm skin-engaging members are moved toward each other to penetrate the skin surrounding the wound;
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- means extending from said first and second arms for limiting angular movement toward said open position.
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A wound closing device comprising
- body means for extending across a wound including first and second movable arms adapted to be disposed on opposite sides of the wound;
- at least one first skin-engaging member extending from an end connected with said first arm to a sharp free end directed toward said second arm;
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- at least one second skin-engaging member extending from an end connected with said second arm to a sharp free end directed toward said first arm
- said first and second skin-engaging members having legs extending from said body means to said free ends and said free ends extending angularly from said legs whereby said free end lock said first and second skin-engaging members in the skin.
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A wound closing device comprising
- a strip of bendable material having opposing portions bendable relative to each other to assume an open curved position and a substantially flat closed position;
- a plurality of skin-engaging members extending from said opposing portions to penetrate skin on opposite sides of a wound substantially simultaneously when said strip is in said curved open position and to be embedded in the skin when said strip is in said substantially flat closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.