Patent ID: 7066934
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A wound approximation device, the device comprising: a cyanoacrylate wound-sealing adhesive; and a solid resilient sheet comprising an opening, wherein the opening is of a sufficient size such that it surrounds a skin wound and exposes a margin of skin surrounding the wound when the resilient sheet in a stretched form is placed against the skin, wherein the resilient sheet is configured to approximate the wound when allowed to relax into an unstretched form when placed against the skin, and wherein a portion of the resilient sheet adjacent to the opening and opposite to a side of the resilient sheet to be placed against the skin is coated with a low surface energy material which does not form a strong bond with a the cured cyanoacrylate wound-sealing adhesive, such when the cyanoacrylate wound-sealing adhesive is applied through the opening to the margin of skin surrounding the approximated wound so as to seal the wound upon curing, the resilient sheet can be removed from against the skin without disturbing the cured cyanoacrylate adhesive sealing the wound.