DOUBLE-ROW RATCHET LOCKING MECHANISM WITH SINGLE-BYPASS ('ARMING') FUNCTIONALITY

• Main Authors: HALLER, CHRISTIAN L, LUDDY, CHUCK, FILIPS, DENNIS, MCHUGH, KATHLEEN, ATKINSON, IAN J, LAKSHMINARASIMHAN, PRASANNA, DRALLE, STEVE, MOTTET, KELLY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.01.2023
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

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. La présente invention concerne un dispositif de fermeture de blessure comprenant : (a) un premier élément opposé et un second élément opposé disposé sur des côtés opposés d'un axe central, chaque élément étant élastiquement mobile entre une position fermée et une position ouverte l'un par rapport à l'autre, les éléments opposés comportant chacun un bord distal; (b) un moyen de pénétration dans la peau destiné à ancrer le dispositif; (c) une barre de pression le long de chaque bord distal; (d) un moyen de verrouillage libérable destiné à solliciter ou à maintenir le dispositif en position fermée; et, facultativement, (e) un composant accessoire.