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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Robert A. Rousseau, Ottsville, PA (US);
An-min Jason Sung, Warren, NJ (US);
Robert A. Rousseau, Ottsville, PA (US);
An-Min Jason Sung, Warren, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A surgical wound closure device comprising multiple layers joined at only one edge of each layer in a book-like arrangement and having opposite unjoined edges, including a substrate having a proximal surface and a distal surface; a drape having a proximal surface and a distal surface, and being disposed proximally to said substrate; and an adhesive layer having a proximal surface and a distal surface; said drape being disposed releasably adherently to said distal surface of said adhesive layer. Also provided is a surgical procedure employing a surgical wound closure device.