Patent ID: 6126615
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A skin biopsy guide and sutureless closure device which aids in both excising a biopsy specimen of the proper shape and thickness and which further aids in closing the resulting wound with minimal scarring and without the use of sutures, the device comprising:an articulated parallelogram shaped enclosure comprised of multiple rigid members of equal length and substantially rectangular in cross section, each of said members hinged end-to-end in the plane of the enclosure, said hinges formed as thinned sections molded integral and continuous with said rigid members, the enclosure being collapsible by virtue of said hinges such that once the tissue specimen has been excised, the enclosure surrounding the elliptical shaped wound may deform in the plane of said enclosure from its original parallelogram shape to a collapsed configuration thereby closing said wound and whereby each of two pairs of opposing said rigid members lie parallel and proximal to said closed wound;a clevis or clip which positively engages said enclosure at receptacles formed at two of said hinges when said enclosure is in its collapsed configuration, thereby retaining said enclosure in a closed state.