Patent ID: 9642622
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An incision closure apparatus comprising: a first base panel for being adhered to a first side of an incision or wound, the first base panel comprising an upper surface and a tissue adherent lower surface; a second base panel for being adhered to a second side of the incision or wound opposite the first side, the second base panel comprising an upper surface and a tissue adherent lower surface; a first plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart supports coupled to the upper surface of the first base panel; a second plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart supports coupled to the upper surface of the second base panel; and a plurality of lateral ties coupling the first and second base panels to one another, wherein the lateral ties each have a first end permanently fixed relative to a support of the first base panel and a second end reversibly and adjustably attached to a laterally opposed support of the second base panel, thereby allowing the lateral ties to draw the first and second base panels laterally together to compress the wound or incision covered by the incision closure apparatus, wherein the first end of each lateral tie is integral with its respective support on the first base panel, and wherein the lateral ties are each reversibly and adjustably attached to the second base panel such that a lateral spacing between the first and second base panels is adjustable.