Abstract: A sutureless closure for a skin wound or incision, which includes first and second strips of adhesive tape adapted to adhere to skin adjacent either side of the wound. A third strip of adhesive tape is provided to adhere to the upper exposed surface of the first strip of tape. A plurality of filaments are secured between the ends of the first and third strips of tape, with the filaments being slidably received over structure defined on the second strip. Also provided are means for frictionally engaging the skin closely adjacent the opposing ends of the first and second tapes so that tension in the filament draws tissue the engaging means into a slight mound. A protective strip covers the adhesive on the first and third strips with the protective strip including a pair of transfer creases to permit each of the adhesive strips of tape which the protective strip covers to be covered by the same side of the strip.

Abstract: A sutureless closure for a skin wound or incision in which a plurality of filaments are secured between the ends of opposing adhesive tapes. A second substantially identical pair of adhesive tapes has filaments disposed therebetween with the filaments on the first and second pairs of tapes being alternately interwoven. Each of the lower tapes is adhered to skin adjacent either side of a wound. The upper tapes are adhered to the exposed surface of the lower tapes thereby stretching the filaments across the wound and drawing the wound together. In another embodiment, a pair of tapes having opposed hooks are taped onto skin adjacent opposite sides of a wound. A filament is wound between the hooks on the tapes to draw the wound together. Notches in the hooks secure the filament at each hook and permit selecting different tensions in each filament run from hook-to-hook.