US 12,076,016 B2
Wound closure device
Jeffrey Lebner, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to Sutura Industries LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Jeffrey Lebner, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/137,532.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,023, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196274 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/085 (2013.01) [A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00889 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00951 (2013.01); A61B 2017/086 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for closing a wound, comprising:
an anchoring pad comprising a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, wherein the bottom surface is configured to adhere to a first side of the wound;
a complementary pad comprising a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, wherein the bottom surface is configured to adhere to a second side of the wound; and
a pull tab comprising a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, wherein the top surface is configured to adhere to the complementary pad and/or the second side of the wound,
wherein the pull tab is coupled to the complementary pad by at least one connecting strap that is slidably connected to the anchoring pad;
wherein the anchoring pad comprises one or more loops through which the at least one connecting strap passes; and
wherein the one or more loops are formed on the top surface of the anchoring pad;
wherein the one or more loops are formed by a pair of slits on the top surface of the anchoring pad;
wherein the slits are parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another; and
wherein the at least one connecting strap remains in contact with the top surface of the anchoring pad.