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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Robert C. Wilke, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Daniel M. Elliott, Shorewood, MN (US);
George M. Hoedeman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John J. Berkey, Buffalo, MN (US);
Paul J. Anderson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Robert C. Wilke, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Daniel M. Elliott, Shorewood, MN (US);
George M. Hoedeman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John J. Berkey, Buffalo, MN (US);
Paul J. Anderson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Would Care Technologies, LLC, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Abstract
A wound closure system and a method of closing a wound are disclosed. The wound closure system includes a plurality of skin anchors mechanically attached to external skin tissue around a periphery of a wound, a line extending between the skin anchors, the line slidably engaged with each skin anchor, and a biasing member that provides tension on the line to draw all of the skin anchors toward the wound. The method of closing a wound includes the steps of attaching a plurality of skin anchors to external skin around a periphery of a wound, extending a line between the skin anchors around substantially the entire periphery of the wound, and providing tension to the line to draw the skin anchors toward the wound.