Patent ID: 8272386

Claim:
A surgical wound closure device, comprising multiple layers joined at only one edge of each of them in a book-like arrangement, and having opposite unjoined edges, including: a dressing layer for closing a surgical incision having a proximal surface and a distal surface; an incise drape layer having a proximal surface and a distal surface, being disposed proximally to said dressing; a first adhesive layer having a proximal surface and a distal surface, said drape being disposed releasably adherently to said distal surface of said first adhesive layer; and a second adhesive layer having a proximal surface and a distal surface, wherein all of said multiple layers are sized to substantially conform to each other and are positioned in substantial peripheral alignment with each other along the entire perimeter of the device, and further comprising a reinforcement component disposed only at the joined edge, positioned between the proximal surface of the first adhesive layer and the distal surface of the second adhesive layer.