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US 2011/0105977 A1Published application
Discreet patch for viral lesions
OwnerWilliam Hartinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a discreet patch suitable for use in the treatment of a viral lesion, which patch includes a backing layer and an adhesive layer, where the adhesive layer is substantially free of hydrocolloid particles, and the patch has a thickness ranging from about 10 microns to about 1,500 microns and is substantially free of topical anti-acne agents, and methods for treating viral lesions where a discreet patch of the invention is applied to a viral lesion and maintained in contact therewith for a time effective to substantially complete re-epithelialization of the lesion.
Claims6
A method for treating a viral lesion, comprising:
- applying a discreet patch to a lesion and maintaining said discreet patch in contact with said lesion for at least about 2 hours,
- sequentially replacing said discreet patch with subsequent discreet patches and maintaining said subsequent discreet patches in contact with said lesion until such time as re-epithelialization of the lesion is substantially completed,
- wherein said discreet patches comprise a backing layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is substantially free of hydrocolloid particles, said discreet patches have a thickness ranging from about 10 microns to about 1,500 microns, and said discreet patches are substantially free of topical anti-acne agents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.