Releasable medical drapes
AssigneeSolventum Intellectual Properties Company
InventorsChristopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, Li Yao
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Abstract
A releasable medical drape, and systems and methods having the same, includes at least a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a soft-gel layer having a plurality of apertures. The soft-gel layer is configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site. A portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends through the plurality of apertures in the soft-gel layer to contact the tissue site. The soft-gel layer forms a good seal with the tissue site and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extending through the plurality of apertures forms a firm—but releasable—coupling with the tissue site.
Claims20
A releasable medical drape comprising:
- a film;
- a mesh coupled to the film;
- a plurality of strands coupled to at least one of the mesh and the film;
- a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating the mesh;
- and
- a soft-gel coating the plurality of strands.
A system for treating a tissue site comprising:
- a manifold configured to be disposed over the tissue site;
- a reduced-pressure source configured to be fluidly coupled to the manifold to supply negative pressure to the tissue site;
- and
- a releasable medical drape comprising:
- a film;
- a mesh coupled to the film;
- a plurality of strands coupled to at least one of the mesh and the film;
- a pressure sensitive adhesive coating the mesh;
- and
- a soft-gel coating the plurality of strands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.