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Skin closure devices

  • US 4,976,726 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1989
  • Issued: 12/11/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a skin closure means formed by a sheet of material adhesively attached to the body adjacent to and extending along a skin opening, said sheet having adjacent side edges positioned to extend along opposite side edges of the skin opening, and means bridging the skin opening for attaching portions of the sheet on opposite sides of the opening in position holding the adjacent side edges of the sheet portions and the attached opposite side edges of the skin opening together, the improvement comprising a member attachable to the skin closure extending along the skin opening and the adjacent portions of the sheet member, said member being formed of a porous and permeable material designed to hold a quantity of a medication substance that will drain between the adjacent sheet side edges to the area around the skin opening and indicator markings applied to the sheet member to provide a means for aligning corresponding portions of the skin opening with each other during skin closure.

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