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Wound-closing device

  • US 4,924,866 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1988
  • Issued: 05/15/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wound-closing device which comprises:

  • first and second arms movably connected to one another at a joint at the inner ends thereof for movement between a first, open position and a second, closing position;

    a first skin-engaging member connected at one end thereof to said first arm and having a free end which is capable of piercing skin;

    a second skin-engaging member connected at one end thereof to said second arm and having a free end which is capable of piercing skin, said skin-engaging members being separated by a sufficient distance to span a wound when said arms are in said first, open position and said free ends being moved closer to one another when said arms are in said second, closed position wherein they pierce the skin surrounding a wound to close it, andmeans for urging movement of said arms about said joint to said second, closed position.

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