US 12,390,221 B2
Closure apparatuses and methods for ulcers and irregular skin defects
Amir Belson, Savyon (IL); Keiichiro Ichiryu, Campbell, CA (US); Daren Stewart, Belmont, CA (US); and Eric Storne, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Zipline Medical Inc., Campbell, CA (US)
Filed by ZipLine Medical, Inc., Campbell, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,669.
Application 18/515,669 is a continuation of application No. 17/269,786, granted, now 11,864,766, previously published as PCT/US2019/048413, filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,705, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090898 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/085 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/081 (2013.01); A61B 2017/086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating an ulcer or skin defect, comprising:
a first panel having a first adhesive bottom layer for adhering to skin on a first side of an ulcer or skin defect;
a second panel having a second adhesive bottom layer for adhering to skin on a second side of the ulcer or skin defect;
a plurality of lateral ties coupling the first panel and the second panel to one another;
one or more liners coupled to the first adhesive bottom layer and the second adhesive bottom layer;
a first casting sheet covering a top surface of the first panel, wherein the first casting sheet extends outwardly from a lateral end of the first panel; and
a second casting sheet covering a top surface of the second panel, wherein the second casting sheet extends outwardly from a lateral end of the second panel,
wherein the one or more liners comprise tabs extend outwardly from ends of the first casting sheet and the second casting sheet to assist with peeling the one or more liners from the first panel and the second panel prior to adhering the first adhesive bottom layer to the first side of the ulcer or skin defect and adhering the second adhesive bottom layer to the second side of the ulcer or skin defect,
wherein the first casting sheet is removable from the top surface of the first panel after adhering the first adhesive bottom layer to the first side of the ulcer or skin defect, and
wherein the second casting sheet is removable from the top surface of the second panel after adhering the second adhesive bottom layer to the second side of the ulcer or skin defect.