Patent ID: 11883264
Assignee: ETHICON, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A device for skin closure, comprising
a) an elastic flat flexible tape elongated along a longitudinal axis and having a lower side and an opposing upper side,
b) said tape comprising a mesh substrate;
said tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the lower side, further comprising:
(i) a removable mask releasably disposed on said tape and having substantially same shape as said tape;
(ii) said mask having a plurality of openings arranged side-by-side with spaces between said openings oriented across the longitudinal axis such that the mesh substrate is exposed through the plurality of openings, wherein the openings occupy between 30% and 80% of a total area of the mask, and wherein each of the plurality of openings extends from a first area proximate to a first edge of the mask, across the longitudinal axis, and to a second area proximate to a second edge of the mask; and
(iii) the mask further having one or more tabs configured for grasping for lift-off and removal of the mask.