RAPID CLOSING SURGICAL CLOSURE DEVICE

• US 20130066365A1
• Filed: 03/07/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zipline Medical, Inc. (Stryker Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zipline Medical, Inc. (Stryker Corporation)
• Inventors: Belson, Amir, Beckey, Brian, Leary, James J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,179,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/216
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/08 Wound clamps or clips, i.e. not or only partly penetrating the tissue suture bridges A61B17/0466; Devices for bringing together the edges of a wound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/085 with adhesive layer
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/081 Tissue approximator A61B2017/1103, A61B17/8866 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/088 Sliding fasteners

Abstract

A surgical or wound closure device utilizes a slide fastener for rapidly closing a surgical incision or wound with precise apposition of the sides of the incision. The surgical closure devices are configured for linear incisions, shaped incisions, such as used for wedge biopsy or excisional biopsy, and long incisions, such as used for laparotomy or surgical removal of redundant skin. The surgical closure device may be adhered to the patient'"'"'s skin prior to making an incision and is subsequently used for closing the incision.

Claims

1. A wound closure device, comprising:

a first adhesion patch configured for adhering to a patient'"'"'s skin;

a second adhesion patch configured for adhering to the patient'"'"'s skin;

the wound closure device having an open position with an approximately elliptical shaped opening formed between the first adhesion patch and the second adhesion patch and a closed position wherein the first adhesion patch and the second adhesion patch are held in close proximity to each other.

2. The wound closure device of claim 1, wherein the first adhesion patch is joined to the second adhesion patch at end portions beyond the opening between the first adhesion patch and the second adhesion patch.

3. The wound closure device of claim 1, further comprising:

a closed binder for holding the wound closure device in the closed position.

4. The wound closure device of claim 3, further comprising:

an open binder for holding the wound closure device in the open position.

5. The wound closure device of claim 4, wherein the open binder has a central opening having an inner edge configured as an incision guide.

6. The wound closure device of claim 1, further comprising:

a shaped insert insertable into the opening between the first adhesion patch wherein the shaped insert holds the wound closure device in the open position.

7. The wound closure device of claim 6, further comprising:

a removable spacer between the shaped insert and the opening between the first adhesion patch and the second adhesion patch.

8. The wound closure device of claim 6, wherein the shaped insert has a skin contact surface with a contact adhesive for adhering to the patient'"'"'s skin and an upper surface with a handle for manipulating the shaped insert.

9. The wound closure device of claim 6, wherein the shaped insert has a skin contact surface with means for attaching to the patient'"'"'s skin and an upper surface with a handle for manipulating the shaped insert.

10. The wound closure device of claim 1, wherein the shaped insert includes an indicium for indicating an orientation of the shaped insert with respect to the patient'"'"'s body.

11. A method for surgical removal of biopsy tissue from skin on a patient, said method comprising:

adhering a first adhesion patch to the patient'"'"'s skin along a first intended incision line;

adhering a second adhesion patch to the patient'"'"'s skin along a second intended incision line spaced apart from the first intended incision line;

excising the biopsy tissue of the patient'"'"'s skin between the first intended incision line and the second intended incision line; and

binding the first adhesion patch to the second adhesion patch to close the patient'"'"'s skin between the first intended incision line and the second intended incision line.

12. A method as in claim 11, wherein the incision lines define an elliptical region on the patient'"'"'s skin.

13. A method as in claim 12, wherein the skin and tissue are excised along the intended excision lines.

14. A method as in claim 11, wherein binding comprises initially holding the first and second adhesion patches apart using an open binder and closing the adhesion patches with a closed binder.

15. A method as in claim 11, wherein the first and second patches are initially attached together by a removal spacer between their inner edges, further comprising holding the patches with the spacer, placing the patches on the skin while holding the spacer, and removing the spacer to expose skin between the incision lines.