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US 12,186,160 B2Granted
Dressing with improved fluid distribution
AssigneeAdvanced Silicone Coating
InventorJean-François Lecoeuvre
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Abstract
A dressing including a film which is impermeable to fluids and permeable to water vapor, and the entire surface of which is covered by a perforated reinforcement coated with a medically acceptable adhesive which is the same or different on each of the faces thereof, the face opposite to the face in contact with the impermeable film of an adhesive being partially covered by an absorbent pad, The dressing further includes a layer for distributing the fluids which is positioned between the impermeable film and the perforated reinforcement.
Claims14
A dressing, comprising:
- a film which is impermeable to fluids and permeable to water vapour;
- a perforated reinforcement covering an entire surface of the film and coated with a medically acceptable adhesive, wherein the adhesive is the same or different on each face of the perforated reinforcement, the perforated reinforcement having a first face in contact with at least a part of the surface of the film;
- an absorbent pad partially covering a second face of the perforated reinforcement, the second face being opposite the first face;
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- a fluid distribution layer composed of an absorbent material and inserted between the film and the first face of the perforated reinforcement;
- wherein, when the dressing is affixed to a skin of a patient, the absorbent pad is configured to be disposed closer to the skin than the fluid distribution layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.