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US 2006/0142687 A1Published application
Conformable wound dressing
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsWayne Liedtke, Richard Jacobson
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Abstract
A wound dressing comprising an absorbent pad, an adhesive layer, and a backing layer is described, along with a dressing support layer configured to retain and deliver the wound dressing to a wound, the dressing support layer having a radial configuration that forms a plurality of alternating covered and uncovered portions of the backing layer along the perimeter of the wound dressing.
Claims12
A wound dressing support system, comprising:
- a wound dressing comprising a backing layer;
- and
- a wound dressing support layer;
- wherein the perimeter of the dressing support layer is releasably adhered to backing layer, but at least part of a center portion of the dressing support layer proximate the center of the dressing is not adhered to the backing layer.
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A wound dressing support system, comprising:
- a wound dressing comprising a backing layer;
- and
- a wound dressing support layer;
- and
- a plurality of centrally located tabs configured for removing the support layer from the backing layer;
- wherein the force applied to the edge of the backing layer is generally perpendicular to the perimeter of the dressing when the support layer is removed from the backing layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.