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

Claim 8:
9. A device for skin closure, comprising:
a) an flat flexible tape elongated along a central longitudinal axis and having a lower side and an opposing upper side,
b) said tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the lower side,
c) said tape having a plurality of openings arranged side-by-side with spaces between said openings oriented across the central longitudinal axis; and
d) said openings further arranged above and below the central longitudinal axis of said tape and separated by axial spacer areas with no openings overlapping said central longitudinal axis, wherein the openings comprise a porous mesh and said axial spacer areas are non-porous, wherein the openings occupy between 30% and 80% of a total area of the tape,
wherein a width of the openings is between 2 mm to 12 mm.