Therapeutic article of manufacture for adhesive application to the skin of a user
AssigneeApplied BioKinetics LLC
InventorDonald P. Bushby
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Abstract
A therapeutic article of manufacture suitable for adhesive application to the skin of a user includes an elongate support layer formed of a single layer of woven fabric. The woven fabric has a ratio of elongation in percent to tensile strength (lb/in-width) that is less than 0.9 in only one of two test directions, where elongation, tensile strength, and test directions are determined under test conditions specified in ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) D3759. The article of manufacture additionally includes an adhesive intermittent across the support layer and a removable cover layer releasably retained on the adhesive.
Claims12
A therapeutic article of manufacture suitable for adhesive application to a skin of a user, the article of manufacture comprising:
- an elongate support layer formed of a single layer of woven fabric having a ratio of elongation in percent to tensile strength (lb/in-width) that is less than 0.9 in only one of two test directions, wherein elongation, tensile strength, and test directions are determined under test conditions specified in ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) D3759;
- an adhesive intermittent across the elongate support layer;
- and
- a removable cover layer releasably retained on the adhesive.
An article of manufacture suitable for use on a skin of a human user, the article of manufacture comprising:
- a support layer formed of a single layer of woven material having a ratio of elongation in percent to tensile strength (lb/in-width) that is less than 0.9 in only one of two test directions, wherein elongation, tensile strength, and test directions are determined under test conditions specified in ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) D3759,
- wherein:
- the support layer exhibits less than 15% elongation when subjected to a 25 lb tensile load under test conditions specified in ASTM D3759 in only one of the two test directions;
- and
- the support layer has a thickness that is less than 30 mils;
- an adhesive intermittent across the support layer;
- and
- a removable cover layer releasably retained on the adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.