Combined compression and absorption dressing/bandage
AssigneeIWMT Intellectual Property Holdings (PTY) LTD.
InventorJohannes Petrus Mouton
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Abstract
A combined compression and absorption dressing/bandage, which includes a short stretch compression bandage and at least one absorptive wound dressing comprising at least one absorbent layer of a non-woven fabric of any one or more of cotton, viscose and polyester fibers, the absorbent layer having an operative inner face and an operative outer face, the at least one wound dressing being bonded to the short stretch compression bandage with its inner face towards the bandage and the outer face facing away from the bandage.
Claims18
A method of manufacturing a short stretch combined compression and absorption dressing/bandage, which includes
- manufacturing at least two needle-punched fibre batts of any one of viscose and cotton and polyester by means of a needle loom, each batt having an operative inner and outer face;
- sandwiching at least one layer of short stretch polyester knit between the at least two fibre batts with the operative inner face of the first fibre batt in direct contact with a first surface of the short stretch polyester knit and the operative inner surface of the second fibre batt in direct contact with a second surface of the short stretch polyester knit;
- and bonding the layers together by means of a needle-punching process to form a layered short stretch laminated pad.
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