Abstract: In a two cycle internal combustion engine (2), a fuel injection system is provided with a low profile compact intake manifold (22) mounted to the crankcase (8) by an adaptor plate (24) and defining an intake air flow path in a first direction (28) behind the manifold (22) through a gap between the manifold (22) and the crankcase (8) provided by the adaptor plate (24). Intake air then flows (32) into throttle bore passages (30) from behind the manifold and then reverses direction and flows through supply passages (34) having fuel injectors (38) and then into the crankcase (8). The passages share a common plenum (42) within the manifold. The fuel injectors (38), their electrical connectors (48) and a common rigid fuel supply rail (44) are all in the common plenum (42) entirely within the low profile manifold (22) and sealed from moisture and salt in a marine environment.

Abstract: An improved induction system for a V type engine that is tuned for substantially all running conditions and which is nevertheless compact in construction. The system includes a pair of air boxes each disposed adjacent one of the cylinder heads of the engine. Each cylinder head has at least two intake passages serving the respective cylinder bores and a first conduit extends from the adjacent air box to one of the intake passages and a second conduit extends from the other of the air boxes to the other intake passage. A throttle valve arrangement is also incorporated so that good performance is achieved under all running conditions.

Abstract: A lubricating oil passage arrangement for a water-cooled internal combustion engine with a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores and a water jacket surrounding the cylinder bores. The cylinder block includes a side wall and a bulging portion projecting laterally outwardly from the side wall for defining a lubricating oil passage adjacent to the water jacket. Lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil passage is effectively cooled by the cooling water in the water jacket.

Abstract: An external combustion engine including a rotary motor equipped with non-sliding vanes but conformable to the shapes of the envelopes within which they are contained and forced to operate and a combustion member comprising a sleeve in which a piston is free to reciprocate. The two end closures of the sleeve and the piston ends cooperate to form combustion chambers at both ends of the piston strokes. The motor compresses air for admission in the combustion chambers where fuel is burned and is also used for expanding the combusted gas resulting from the fuel combustion. The gas expansion produces more energy than is required to compress the air. The energy difference constitutes the energy yielded by the engine in the form of shaft power. The air admission, the combusted gas exhaust from the combustion member, the fuel injection and ignition are all timely controlled by the piston motion.

Abstract: A rotary positive displacement machine, and more particularly an internal combustion engine in one of its simplest of many forms, has a housing 1 with inner walls closely surrounding four similar rotors 2,3,4 and 5 arranged in a symmetrical `square` formation on axles supported by bearings in the housing. Each rotor has evenly spaced lobes and, during rotation, the lobes of neighboring rotors are caused to interlocate, with gearing on the axles maintaining the opposite sense of rotation of such rotors. Chambers are defined between rotors, lobes and housing and, during rotation, working fluid enters through inlet ports 9 and 10 to be carried around to compression regions 21 and 22 from which sections of fluid become transferred between rotors and ignited, thereafter to join expansion regions 25 and 26 before becoming exhausted through outlet ports 11 and 12. The compression ratio so achieved varies and converges to a predictable value.

Abstract: An intake arrangement for an internal combustion engine provided with a intake construction capable of generating a swirl effective for improving combustibility within a combustion chamber during low load operating conditions of the engine, without substantially altering a two intake port system aiming at a high output of the engine.

Abstract: Device for electrical actuation of the accelerator of an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, comprising a reduction gear interposed between an electric motor and an element for actuating the accelerator. The reduction gear comprises a planetary gear train whose sun gear 12 is solid in rotation with the shaft of the electric motor. An internal ring gear 11 is connected to the actuation element 4 and the planet carrier 14 is pulled elastically by a return spring 15 to actuate an electric contact switch 17.

Abstract: The valve member (4) of a bypass valve (2) of a device for regulating the idling of an internal combustion engine is provided, for pressure equalization, with a back-pressure chamber (8) which is in communication via a pressure-equalization connection (9) with the pressure-inlet side of the bypass valve (2). This pressure-equalization connection (9) debouches as close as possible to the narrowest point of the gap between the valve member (4) and the valve seat (7) in the housing (1) of the bypass valve (2).

Abstract: Feedback control of the opening area of a bypass which is provided in parallel with a throttle valve of an engine is conducted immediately after the cranking is completed, based on the deviation of existing RPM from the target RPM which is memorized as the function of the engine temperature in advance, to maintain the idling RPM of the engine at optimum level in the state of after-cranking without being affected by the possible change in viscosity of engine oil, the variations in temperatures of the ambient air and the engine cooling water, the load of engine, and so on. The control signals for the feedback control are learned when the existing RPM are substantially equal to the target RPM and stored in a memory. One of the learned values is read out for fixing a control signal in the beginning of the state of after-cranking so that the RPM of the engine is smoothly approximated to the target RPM when the engine shifts from the during-cranking state to the idling state.

Abstract: An ignition timing control method for an internal combustion engine, which controls the ignition timing, on the basis of a basic ignition timing value determined as a function of operating parameters of the engine. When a detected parameter value indicative of engine temperature is lower than a predetermined value, a correction variable for the basic ignition timing value is determined based upon detected parameter values indicative of engine temperature and engine load magnitude, to correct the basic ignition timing value thereby. Ignition of the mixture is effected at a timing according to the corrected basic ignition timing value. Preferably, when detected engine rotational speed is lower than a predetermined value lower than the engine idling speed or when it is higher than a predetermined high rotational speed value, the correction of the basic ignition timing value by the correction variable is prohibited.

Abstract: An electromagnetically operable valve for controlling the escape of fuel from the pumping chamber of a high pressure pump includes a valve member slidable in a bore from the end of which extends an outlet about which is formed a conical seating. The valve member is shaped to cooperate with the seating and is urged into contact with the seating when an electromagnetic device is energized. A fuel inlet passage connected to the pumping chamber extends into a chamber defined by a reduced portion of the valve member and the portion thereof which slides in the bore forming a step which defines an annular surface which is exposed to the pressure in said chamber. When the device is deenergized the fuel pressure acting on said surface acts to move the valve member to the open position.

Abstract: A fuel supply control method for an internal combustion engine. Sensors read out values for engine speed, intake pipe absolute pressure and exhaust passage absolute pressure. These values are used to determine a basic fuel supply value and a fuel supply correction value and these derived values are, in turn, used to determine the amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine.

Abstract: A fuel injector control apparatus wherein a total opening of a throttle valve and a bypass value are calculated in order to correct return blow through a flow sensor.

Abstract: A carburetor for a motor vehicle includes a float chamber, a float assembly, a fuel inlet fitting for directing fuel flow along a fuel path, a needle valve for cooperating with the float assembly, and a needle valve seat within the fitting for containing the needle valve. To solve an intermittent problem with the needle valve sticking in its seat, whereby the vehicle engine cannot be started, a check valve member is disposed within the fuel path upstream from the needle valve. The valve member is of the duckbill type, and is disposed with the closed, duckbill end directed toward the needle valve. Connection of a fuel line fitting to the fuel inlet fitting clamps the valve member in place.

Abstract: A system for reducing discharge of fuel vapor from a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine to the atmosphere. The system has only one canister which is connected at one side to a top portion of the tank and to the neck of the refueling opening portion of the tank by separate channels, and which is connected at its other side to a suction system of the engine by a purge channel. The system also has three-way electromagnetic valves which are respectively disposed in the channel connected to the neck of the refueling opening portion and in the purge channel, thereby controlling the flows of fuel vapor and purging air.

Abstract: The fuel economy of an internal combustion engine having a fuel tank from which fuel is supplied to a carburetor for controlled delivery to the engine may be improved by vaporizing and pressurizing the fuel before it reaches the carburetor. A fuel vaporization system includes a vapor tank for containing pressurized, vaporized fuel. The fuel is vaporized with a nozzle through which the fuel is sprayed into the vapor tank under high pressure. A high pressure pump is used to pump fuel from the fuel tank and force the fuel through the nozzle under high pressure. A fuel delivery line is provided for delivering pressurized, vaporized fuel from the vapor tank to the carburetor.

Abstract: An engine intake system including a supercharger of a type wherein the intake air drawn from the intake air inlet port is compressed by the pressure of the exhaust gas before it is discharged through the intake air outlet port. An exhaust gas recirculation passage is provided between the exhaust passage upstream of the supercharger and the intake passage downstream of the supercharger. The recirculation passage can be used for decreasing the pressure difference between the exhaust gas and the intake air to thereby minimize the engine pumping loss. Further, the recirculation passage can be used for recirculating the exhaust gas to the intake passage to thereby decrease nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas.

Abstract: In a supercharged engine, a part of the pressurized air pressurized by a supercharger is introduced into the exhaust system as secondary air in a predetermined operating range of the engine. The supercharging pressure is controlled to be lower when introduction of secondary air is effected than when it is not effected.

Abstract: A tubular body projects through the normal inlet opening in the inlet manifold of a conventional internal combustion engine. The quantity of fuel mixture flowing through the bore in the body is controlled by a throttle valve which is reciprocally movable relative the discharge end of the body which resides within the manifold. Biasing means normally retracts the valve to an engine idle position. The valve is extended in response to engine demand. Droplets of liquid within the fuel mixture are atomized in response to an annular deflector which directs the mixture from the sidewall of the bore to be impinged upon the planar surface of the valve. A stationary screen encompassing the valve further atomizes the mixture. Baffels are provided to direct the fuel charge toward the combustion chambers.

Abstract: In an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, the ignition device comprises: three closed circuits including first, second and third closed circuits, each circuit having at least a DC power source, a primary coil and a switching transistor; an ignition coil having three primary coils and a secondary coil; an ignition command signal generating means producing first and second ignition command signals, the first ignition command signal being applied to the third closed circuit and the second ignition command signal being applied to the control circuit; and a control circuit for causing the first and second switching elements to push-pull operate based on the input timing of the second ignition command signal.

Abstract: An ignition system for four cycle engines generates a first pulse when the crankshaft revolves by a first setting angle from a base position. The second pulse is generated when the crankshaft revolves to a second setting angle which is larger than the first setting by the angle difference between cylinders. The third pulse is generated at the position of a third setting angle which is between the first setting angle and the second setting angle in the position of the crankshaft when the crankshaft revolves twice. The generation of the first and second pulses is stopped or inhibited during the generation of the third pulse, allowing the first pulse to fade away.

Abstract: A scarifier case for mounting on disc rotor grinders, wherein the case is designed to snap attach and quick disconnect selected grinder inserts in the case without requiring the case to be removed from the rotor disc to change a selected grinder insert.

Abstract: The barbecue pit is a masonry structure including a chimney portion and a fire box portion laterally adjacent to and intercommunicating with the chimney portion. The fire box portion is topped by a hood frame which defines the length and width of an access opening into it. Refractory brick line side walls of the fire box portion and terminate to form an upper horizontal ledge upon which a removable metal drip trough structure is supported. The trough structure has a rectangular drip plate oriented to have a predetermined slope. A tail extension section of the drip plate projects well out of the fire box portion into the chimney portion, and separates part of the chimney space into an upper and lower space for dividing air currents into one current for supporting combustion and another for enhancing cooking flavors.

Abstract: In the operation of a heat pipe furnace having a plurality of heat pipes and means for conducting a heated fluid in sequential heat transfer association with the heat pipes, an apparatus and method of detecting a malfunction of any one of the heat pipes of said plurality comprising means for and the steps of monitoring the temperature of the most sequentially downstream heat pipe of the plurality of heat pipes and determining whether said monitored temperature is within a preselected range of temperatures.

Abstract: A preheater for a conventional gas-fired water heater having an outer container, an inner reservoir, water conduits in fluid communication with the reservoir and openings in the outer container allowing the through passage of hot exhaust flue gas from a conventional hot water tank to have an increased residence time with respect to the reservoir for efficient heat transfer of the hot flue gases. The heated water is fed from the preheater to the hot water tank on demand. The preheater is placed atop the hot water tank to receive the hot flue gases therefrom.

Abstract: A solar collector whose absorber plate is made of a conventional building material, e.g., tile, stucco, concrete or the like, and forms the outer surface, e.g., wall or roof, of the building. The fluid to be heated, typically air, flows behind the absorber rather than between an absorbing plate and a cover of glass or other transparent material, and heat is transferred to the fluid by metal conductors which extend from adjacent the outside surface of the absorber to, and define at least part of the flow passage. The system includes a cold tank of liquid in which heat is stored at a relatively low temperature, a heat tank of liquid at a relatively higher temperature; and a heat pump for transferring heat from the cold tank to the heat tank.

Abstract: Particles or "seeds" are manufactured for implantation into tumors within a human body for emitting X-rays to destroy or reduce the tumors. The seeds contain palladium which is substantially enriched in palladium-102 and which is activated by exposure to neutron flux so as to contain a minor, but significant, fraction of X-ray-emitting palladium-103. The palladium is distributed on or throughout a base material so as to reduce self-shielding by the palladium. The seeds include an X-ray-opaque marker to facilitate external visualization of the seeds after their implantation, the marker preferably being formed of a material, such as lead or rhodium, which does not activate to contain undesirable isotopes under the radiation conditions in which palladium-102 is activated to palladium-103.

Abstract: An endoscope is disclosed for determining the size of an object in a cavity, for example in a human or animal body or in a machine. The endoscope comprises an optical system for viewing the object laterally from its distal end. The transmission system has an image plane, visible through an eyepiece, on which a measuring scale is provided. By viewing a selected part of the object simultaneously or successively from two different angles, with a predetermined distance between their vertices, at a constant lateral distance from the endoscope, images of the object can be seen at two different positions on the measuring scale, from which the size of the object can be calculated.

Abstract: An adapter for attaching atrial blades to a sternal spreader comprises an elongated bar having blade attaching means on an oblique surface, and having a heel, hook and adjusting screw on its bottom surface. The heel and the head of the adjusting screw are engageable with the upper surface of a spreader arm, and the hook is engageable with the lower surface thereof. The screw has a wheel formed on it, which is located between the bar and the spreader arm. When this wheel is turned to cause the screw to extend, the hook and heel of the bar and the head of the screw are pressed against the spreader arm, causing the adapter to be firmly secured to the spreader.

Abstract: Presented is an apparatus operable to compress the chest of a person whose heart has stopped so as to initiate and maintain the flow of blood through the body during a cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure. Structurally, the apparatus includes a carrying case containing a motor for driving an actuator mechanism for actuating a pair of hydraulic cylinders connected together in a "slave" arrangement. The "slave" cylinder is mounted on a platform adapted to be strapped to the chest of the victim, with the "slave" cylinder having a ram that pushes rhythmically against the sternum to squeeze the heart between the sternum and backbone of the victim. A breathing apparatus (pulmonary resuscitator) may be driven by the motor in concert with the compression function to inflate the victim's lungs with air and thus supply oxygen to the blood stream.

Abstract: Venous blood flow in a non-ambulating human leg is involuntarily promoted in a repeating cycle of successively actuated venous pumps, in imitation of the pump-actuating sequence which characterizes normal walking. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment, the proximal calf pump and the distal calf pump are operated, in that sequential order, following a given operation of the foot pump and prior to the next successive operation of the foot pump.

Abstract: An improved ventilated body or neck brace for effective removal of body heat and moisture from inside the brace utilizing a plurality of vent holes in combination with a network of air distributing channels on the inside surface of the brace.

Abstract: The inner surface of a support for a part of the body, particularly for a joint, is provided with a part having an increased coefficient of friction in respect of the skin compared with the rest of the inner surface, the part with the increased coefficient of friction being situated at that place that is in contact, after the application of the support, with parts of the surface of the skin having muscular and/or tendinous tissue underneath which tissue can be innervated proprioceptively to initiate one particular change in position between skeleton parts situated on either side of the joint.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an ambulatory therapeutic brace that substantially supports the lumbar or stomach area with a pneumatically cushioned and heated air chamber (24). A belt (20) surrounds the waist and contains an air chamber (24) on the back inner surface. A heater (26) is embedded integrally with the chamber and is controlled in intensity by a switch (38) attached to the belt or is integral with a buckle (22). The chamber may be inflated by a manual bulb (28), a compressed air source, or an integral electrically operated pump (46).

Abstract: A method for revision arthroplasty for the removal of a loosened or defective prosthesis component anchored in a polymer cement set in a bone cavity. The method comprises exposing and disconnecting, if necessary, a connecting free end portion of the prosthesis component at an extremity of the bone cavity. The loosened or defective prosthesis is then removed out of the bone cavity from the extremity thereof. The cement is then removed from the cavity by the use of an instrument having a heated working end which is heated to a temperature exceeding the melting point of the cement whereby cement can be removed without perforating or damaging the bone.

Abstract: A flexible yet strong member having an adhesive on one side which can be secured to the anal area to physically hold the hemorrhoids within the anal orifice with the member including means such as orifices to permit bowel gas or flatulence to rapidly escape therethrough without dislodging the hemorrhoid retainer from the anal area.

Abstract: An earplug for attenuating sound and providing a watertight seal at the auricle is provided which is made of solid, closed cell, slow recovery foam having an external flange adapted to extend beyond the auricle, the surface of the plug being convex to reflect away sound, and having an inwardly extending conical portion fitting into the auricle or cavum concha and the outer portion of the auditory canal sealing off the meatus of the external ear canal without substantially penetrating the external ear canal. The closed cell foam provides a multitude of convex and concave surfaces which dramatically reflect, dissipate and attenuate sound waves.

Abstract: An underwear for men comprises a continuous cloth belt and an adjustable elastic belt for fastening the cloth belt onto the waist of a user. The cloth belt is integrally provided with a hip covering portion which covers the user's hips and to which the elastic belt is fixed; a crotch covering portion having a narrow breadth than the hip covering portion; a belly covering portion having a wider width than the crotch covering portion; and a pending portion adapted to be turned over the elastic belt in such a way that it hangs down therefrom in front of the belly covering portion. The crotch covering portion includes a hole through which the penis of the user is exposed to the outside and an accommodating portion in the form of a cover piece for supporting the scrotum of the user. The pending portion is provided with a corresponding accommodating portion for supporting the user's penis as it is exposed from the hole in the crotch covering portion.

Abstract: A gas blending system for use with a medical ventilator blends a pressurized gas with ambient air for delivery to the ventilator in response to the ventilator's demand for gas during the gas intake phase of its cycle. The system comprises a demand valve that discharges a flow of the pressurized gas in proportion to the demand applied to its outlet. The demand valve outlet is coupled to a first inlet of a blending valve, a second inlet of which is open to the atmosphere. The blending valve has a blended gas outlet adapted to be coupled to the ventilator. The total demand applied by the ventilator to the blended gas outlet is transmitted to the first and second inlets. A proportioning mechanism in the blending valve adjusts the demand that is transmitted to the demand valve outlet through the blending valve first inlet as a percentage of the total demand applied to the blended gas outlet.

Abstract: A self-contained jet pump type breathing apparatus is provided for introducing gases into the lungs of a patient having an inspiratory jet pump for sweeping gases toward the patient, an expiratory jet pump for sweeping exhaled gases away from the patient and an absorber for absorbing carbon dioxide from the exhaled gases which are again supplied to the respiratory jet pump. An anesthetic introduction conduit permits the flow of anesthetic gases into the breathing apparatus. In addition, a jet producer device, is also provided, which obtains fresh compressed gases from the absorber and compressor and supplies pulsating pressurized gases to the respiratory jet pumps.

Abstract: Anesthesia or respirator apparatus is disclosed for supplying a gas stream to a patient, including a ventilator for delivering the gas stream, including an inhalation conduit and a compressible bag or bellows, with the gas stream being in contact with the inner surface of the compressible bag and with its outer surface being in contact with a propellant gas stream so that an increase in pressure in the gas stream within the compressible bag can be created by application of the propellant gas against the outer surface of the bag, and including a manual pump associated with the propellant gas stream so that increased pressure can be created in the propellant gas stream, thus resulting in application of the propellant gas stream against the outer surface of the bag, by actuation of the manual pump, and a resultant increase in the pressure in the gas stream within the bag, in turn resulting in an increased flow of the gas stream through the inhalation conduit to the patient.

Abstract: A full face smoke mask having a detachable air tank for dispensing air to the mask in smoke emergencies. A valve on the air tank is opened automatically when the tank is threaded to a rigid fitting carried on the mask. The valve body is equipped with a rupture film which ruptures to vent excessive pressure in the dispensing system.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved intraocular lens structure comprising a deformable optical zone portion with prescribed memory characteristics and methods and devices for implantation of such lens in the eye. The unique optical zone portion of the lens can be deformed by compressing, rolling, folding, stretching, or can be deformed by a combination of these techniques to temporarily reduce the optical zone portion to a diameter of about 80% or less of the cross-sectional diameter of the optical zone portion in an unstressed state. After insertion into the eye, the optical zone portion returns to its original configuration, full size and fixed focal length. The inventive methods and devices for implantation permit insertion of the improved lens through a relatively small incision made in the ocular tissue, thereby providing a safer, more convenient surgical procedure and more comfortable fit for the eye.

Abstract: A pulsed laser for medical application and particularly for ophthalmological treatment is described.The laser beam pulse has a clearly defined polarization plane. By rotating a polarization splitter cube, it is possible to regulate the energy of the laser beam pulse.Following each rotation of the polarization splitter cube, and prior to the following treatment pulse, a control system releases a test pulse. The energy of the test pulse is measured while the shutter closes the treatment beam path.According to a preferred embodiment, the laser is a neodymium-YAG laser.

Abstract: Pliers are disclosed for the treatment of ingrowing nails on the human body. The pliers comprise first and second jaws. The upper jaw has a support member on which there is mounted an electrical heating wire. A slot in the lower jaw is adapted to receive the support member and wire.In use, the pliers grip are ingrowing toe nail, and an electric heating current is applied to the wire, to cause local heating of the nail. The nail thus softens, and can be bent back into better shape, which shape is retained upon subsequent cooling of the nail. The lower jaw is of a relatively great heat mass, so as to ensure that no undue heating of the nail plate occurs. Control circuitry is provided for controlling the heating current through the heating wire, optionally in dependence upon a detected temperature.

Abstract: A hemostatic clip device capable of being mounted to a surgical applicator and applied to a blood vessel so as to prevent blood flow. The clip device includes a pair of semi-rigid legs having free ends and opposed ends connected to a bridge. The legs are movable from an open mode in the applicator to a closed mode pinching the blood vessel. A plurality of first grooves are formed in parallel on one of the legs in a slanted direction relative to longitudinal dimension of the legs. A plurality of second grooves are formed in parallel on the other leg in a slanted direction relative the dimension of the legs approximately perpendicular to the second grooves so that the crimped vein remains stationary. A locking tab formed at the end of one of the legs is adapted to slide into a recess at the inner side of the opposed leg to prevent cross movement of the legs.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating high frequency shock waves having a truncated ellipsoidal reflector is provided. The apparatus has a cavity which constitutes a chamber for reflecting shock waves, the chamber being filled with a dielectric liquid such as water or oil. The apparatus also has a shock wave generator device which generally has two electrodes and a source for selectively and substantially instantaneously providing an electric voltage to the electrodes. The equipotential screen is fast with the ellipsoidal reflector and is grounded by the support formed by the ellipsoidal reflector. This equipotential screen limits electric leakage and thus renders the apparatus safer in operation for destroying targets such as tissues, biliary concretions, kidney stones, etc.

Abstract: An apparatus for the non-contact disintegration of concrements present in a body by means of sound shock waves generated by spark discharge between two electrodes in a focus of at least one liquid-filled rotationally symmetrical reflector formed in a reflector block, said sound shock waves being focussed in a focal point situated outside the reflector. Between the focus F.sub.1 and the focal point F.sub.2, in a region .beta. bounded by an imaginary conical surface defined by the edge R of the reflector 2 and the focus F.sub.1, there is positioned an object intercepting sound shock waves impinging thereon.

Abstract: A surgical instrument to aid in suturing a prosthetic valve into a heart annulus, comprises: a manually grippable handle, a holder carried at one end of the handle for releasably holding a prosthetic valve to be pre-loaded thereon, a first ring fixed to the handle and securing thereto one end of a plurality of sutures to be pre-loaded onto the handle with each suture carrying a needle at its opposite end passing through the prosthetic valve when pre-loaded on the handle; and a second ring fixed to the handle for releasably retaining the plurality of sutures each pre-loaded in folded condition on the handle and extending longitudinally thereof. The two rings are located on the handle such that each suture has a length between the prosthetic valve and the needle-carrying end of the suture which is at least twice the length of the suture between the secured one end and the prosthetic valve.

Abstract: A wound closure device includes first and second attachment members, each of which defines a concave skin contacting surface shaped to bond adhesively to the skin on a respective side of a wound. A bridge is provided to hold the two attachment members in abutting alignment to close the wound. The attachment members are sufficiently resilient to evert the skin on both sides of the wound to bring the skin into healing alignment across the wound. In this way, both the epidermis and the germinal layer or dermis of the skin can be aligned properly to minimize scar tissue formation.