Laminated Material and Skin Contacting Products Formed Therefrom
AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsLon E. Dircks, Michael G. Taylor, Claudio Giori
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Abstract
A laminated material suitable for use in forming skin contacting products is disclosed. The laminated material comprises three distinct layers including a fabric layer, a film layer and an adhesive layer therebetween. The adhesive layer substantially continuously bonds the fabric layer to the film layer.
Claims36
A laminated material suitable for use in forming a skin contacting product, comprising three distinct layers including a fabric layer, a film layer and an adhesive layer therebetween, substantially continuously bonding the fabric layer to the film layer.
A laminated material suitable for use in forming body waste collection devices, comprising three distinct layers including a fabric layer comprised of nylon, polypropylene, polyester, polyethylene or other polyolefins or copolymers or blends thereof, or a sheath of a polyolefin having a core, a film layer comprising a multilayer film having at least an odor barrier sublayer and a sealing sublayer, and an adhesive layer therebetween, substantially continuously bonding the fabric layer to the film layer.
A laminated material suitable for use in forming ostomy pouches, comprising:
- three distinct layers including a fabric layer, a film layer, and an adhesive layer therebetween bonding the fabric layer to the film layer;
- the fabric layer being comprised of nylon, polypropylene, polyester, polyethylene or other polyolefins or copolymers or blends thereof, or a polyolefin sheath having a core disposed therein;
- the film layer being a multilayer film having at least one odor barrier sublayer and at least one sealing sublayer, the odor barrier sublayer being comprised of polyamide, polyvinyl alcohol, ethylene vinyl alcohol, or polyvinylidene chloride, and the sealing sublayer being comprised of polyethylene or other polyolefins or copolymers or blends thereof;
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- the adhesive layer comprising an adhesive substantially continuously integrally bonding the fabric layer to the film layer.
In a skin contacting product having sidewalls, the improvement comprising:
- the sidewalls comprising a laminated material having three distinct layers including a fabric layer, a film layer and an adhesive layer therebetween, the adhesive layer substantially continuously bonding the fabric layer to the film layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.