Patent ID: 9554799
Date: 2017-01-31
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 a longitudinal axis, 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 a longitudinal axis, an upper surface, and a tissue adherent lower surface, the second base panel being discrete from the first base panel; and a plurality of lateral ties coupling the first and second base panels to one another, wherein the first and second base panels are each unitary, and wherein the first and second base panels are each longitudinally stretchable and each comprise a plurality of preferentially separating regions distributed along the longitudinal axes thereof, the plurality of preferentially separating regions facilitating separation of one or more of the first or second base panels into discrete segments along the longitudinal axes thereof while an entirety of the incision closure apparatus is connected as a single unit.