Supporting material for medical purposes

US6555730B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BEIERSDORF AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Albrod · Seevetal, DE
• Frank Ganschow · Elmshorn, DE
• Peter Himmelsbach · Buxtehude, DE
• Klaus Keite-Telgenbüscher · Hamburg, DE
• Daniela Peeters-Bendix · Ellerbek, DE
• Heidi Sacker · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/406
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of a non-woven fabric which is over-stitched by means of stitching threads as a supporting material for medical purposes. The invention is characterized in that the maximum tensile force of supporting material is equal to at least 30 N/cm and at least one side of the supporting material is partially or completely coated with a self-adhesive mass.