Patent ID: 8197467

Claim:
A modular, reduced-pressure wound-closure system for providing a closing force on a surface wound, the system comprising: a flexible strap operable to be formed into a closed loop; and a plurality of modular closing members selectively coupled to the flexible strap, each of the plurality of modular closing members comprising: an attachment member for releasably attaching to a portion of a patient's epidermis proximate an edge of the surface wound, the attachment member having a base and a wall, a sealed contracting member, which has a pneumatically sealed interior, having a first end and a second end, the second end coupled to the attachment member, wherein the sealed contracting member is operable to contract under reduced pressure, a connection member coupled to the first end of the sealed contracting member, the connection member operable to selectively couple to the flexible strap, and a reduced-pressure interface fluidly coupled to the pneumatically sealed interior of the sealed contracting member for delivering a reduced pressure to the sealed contracting member.