Foam/film composite medical articles
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorMary M. Swenson
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Abstract
The present invention provides medical articles, such as wound dressings. In one embodiment, the medical article includes a backing, an absorbent foam, and a fibrous adhesive disposed between the backing and the absorbent foam, wherein the backing includes a liquid-impervious, moisture-vapor permeable polymeric film. In another embodiment, the medical article includes a backing, an absorbent, substantially nonswellable foam, and an adhesive disposed therebetween. In yet another embodiment, the medical article includes a backing, a foam, and a fibrous adhesive disposed therebetween.
Claims34
A medical article comprising a backing, an absorbent foam, and a fibrous adhesive disposed between the backing and the absorbent foam, wherein the backing comprises a liquid-impervious, moisture-vapor permeable polymeric film.
A medical article comprising a backing, an absorbent, substantially nonswellable foam, and an adhesive disposed therebetween.
A medical article comprising a backing, a foam, and a fibrous adhesive disposed therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.