Patent ID: 8469997
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A wound closure system comprising: (a) a line adapted to be operatively attached to skin tissue around a periphery of a wound and adapted to extend around substantially the entire periphery of the wound; (b) a biasing member that is separate from the line that is adapted to apply a continuous pulling force on the line, wherein no portion of the biasing member is located inside the periphery of the wound when the wound closure system is set up, the biasing member adapted to apply a continuous pulling force on the line to keep the line taut when the skin tissue stretches, wherein the biasing member includes a spring; and (c) a housing that houses the spring, the housing including a spool rotatably coupled to the housing, the spool coupled to the spring and adapted for winding the spring for the application of the continuous pulling force on the line, the housing and the spring including intermating structures adapted for winding the spring, wherein the intermating structures are adapted to slip with respect to each other when the spring has been fully wound to provide an indication that the spring is fully wound.