MicroMend

MicroMend is the commercial wound-closure business and product line developed by Seattle-based KitoTech Medical. The company markets microMend and microMend PRO, adhesive wound-closure devices that incorporate miniature "Microstaples" to provide suture-like holding strength with bandage-like ease of use. Its products are positioned as painless, rapid alternatives to sutures and staples for closing lacerations, surgical incisions, skin tears, and other superficial wounds in both consumer and professional care settings. The business originated from technology spun out of the University of Washington and has been commercialized in U.S. healthcare and retail channels. MicroMend appears to be an active private medtech company or brand business rather than a drug-development biotech company.