Surgical device

US8852211B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZSX MEDICAL, LLC · US

Inventors

• Dan Mazzucco · Haddon Heights, US
• Eric S. Rugart · Haverford, US
• Jeffrey E. Ransden · Fairfield, US
• Alan Bachman · Milford, US
• Mark Nicosia · Chadds Ford, US
• Bob CARGILL · Deptford, US
• Eric Butt · Orange, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2400/18
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A wound closure device for closing a surgical wound is provided. The device includes a flexible base sheet and at least one flexible hemostatic clip for applying pressure to a patient's tissue. The flexible base sheet includes at least a first end and a second end, as well as an aperture extending through the base sheet longitudinally from proximate to the first end toward the second end. The aperture has a first and a second longitudinally extending edge. The clip has a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, and at least a first and a second clamping member. Each clamping member has a distal edge. The clip is attachable to the base sheet.