ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,975, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WOUND CARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Chanhassen, Minn.).
"Wound closure system" was invented by Robert C. Wilke (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Paul J. Anderson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Douglas Duchon (Chanhassen, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound closure system and a method of reducing the size of an open wound are disclosed. A suture line is sutured through body tissue adjacent an open wound, the suture line sutured so as to pass into the body tissue at an entry point and exit at an exit point, the suture line including a plurality of barbs extending outwardly at an acute angle with respect to a su...