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Grooved hydrocolloidal dressing

US5486158A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1994
Grant dateJan 23, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2013/0091
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A skin-friendly dressing which has a high moisture absorbing capacity, a high degree of flexibility and good integrity. The dressing includes a moisture-absorbing adhesive sheet to be adhered to the skin and mucous membranes, with a layer of water swellable colloid which is dispersed in or mixed with a water insoluble viscous elastomer binder and, if desired, usual auxiliary materials. The adhesive sheet at one outwardly directed surface is firmly connected to a non-adhesive water impervious cover layer, and at the other, against-the-skin or mucous-membrane directed surface of the adhesive sheet, a removable protecting sheet. The adhesive sheet is provided with one or several grooves or ditches that fully or partly surround a central part of the adhesive sheet.

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