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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Innovative Trauma Care, Inc., Edmonton, CA;
Ian Atkinson, Cochrane, CA;
Dennis Filips, Ottawa, CA;
Prasanna Lakshminarasimhan, Edmonton, CA;
Steve Dralle, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kelly Mottet, Edmonton, CA;
Chuck Luddy, Alexandria, VA (US);
Kathleen McHugh, Alexandria, VA (US);
Christian Leon Haller, Alexandria, VA (US);
Innovative Trauma Care, Inc., Edmonton, CA;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a wound closure device including: (a) a first opposing member and a second opposing member disposed on opposing sides of a central axis, each resiliently moveable between a closed position and open position relative to each other, each of the opposing members having a distal edge; (b) skin penetrating means for anchoring the device; (c) a pressure bar along each distal edge; (d) releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in the closed position; and optionally (e) an accessory component.