Patent · US Expired

Self-adhesive laminate

US6093465A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 1997
Grant dateJul 25, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24793
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical film dressing comprising a thin transparent film having a layer of skin adhesive on its front face, shielded before use by a removable cover sheet in contact which is in contact with the adhesive across the entire area of the front face, and a backing sheet detachably affixed over the whole of the rear face of said film. The dressing further comprises a flexible hinge in the form of a folded strip disposed along a peripheral edge of said thin film to conjoin said cover sheet and said backing sheet adjacent said edge, and extending around the corresponding edge of the thin film, and wherein a scoreline is formed in said cover sheet. The score line extends parallel to the edge of the dressing opposite the hinge and wherein the line of perforation extends through said thin film beneath said score line.

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