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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Julian Quintero, Flemington, NJ (US);
Kevin S. Weadock, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Leo B. Kriksunov, Ithaca, NY (US);
Robert J. Tannhauser, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61L 15/58 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/0253 (2013.01); A61F 13/025 (2013.01); A61F 13/0243 (2013.01); A61L 15/585 (2013.01); A61F 2013/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00451 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00459 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00548 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00553 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00659 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system or device for skin closure comprises an elastic flat flexible tape elongated along a longitudinal axis and having a lower side and an opposing upper side, said tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the lower side, said tape having a plurality of openings arranged side-by-side with spaces between said openings oriented across the longitudinal axis.