Patent ID: 6106544
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for closing cutaneous wounds comprising at least a pair of three-dimensionally flexible strips each formed of a plurality of anchoring means disposed side-by-side, attachment means being provided for detachably securing to the skin of a patient at least one of said strips along each side of an open wound with said anchoring means extending on each side of the wound, said anchoring means each comprising engagement means and being interconnected to one another in a three-dimensionally flexible manner wherein adjacent engagement means of a same strip can be brought closer together or distanced, as required, such that each said strip can outwardly follow the lips of the wound, said anchoring means, on both sides of the wound, being adapted to receive lace means at said engagement means so as to draw in a substantially lace-like way said anchoring means of each side of the wound towards the wound thereby substantially closing the wound.