Patent ID: 8916741
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A wound closure system for closing an open wound on the skin of a patient, the system comprising: first, second and third adhesive pads adapted for attachment to the skin of the patient, the first and second pad being initially adhesively attached to the skin on opposite sides of the patient's wound; a pair of flat straps fixedly attached to said first and third adhesive pads at opposing sides of said flat straps, said second adhesive pad having a pair of through openings extending throughout an entire longitudinal extension of said second adhesive pad in alignment with said pair of said flat straps whereby the flat straps slide through the second adhesive pad that is positioned between the first and third adhesive pads; wherein the wound closure system causes the wound to be closed by using the third adhesive pad to pull on the pair of flat straps to displaced the first and second pads to come towards each other for creating a compression of the skin around the wound, said third adhesive adapted to be subsequently adhered to the patient's skin.