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US 2012/0234333 A1Published application
Medical Fabric With Asymmetrical Layers
OwnerShawn E. Jenkins, Catherine J. Turnbowinventors
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There is provided an SMS laminate for use as a medical fabric. The multilayer non-woven SMS fabric is designed to have the basis weight of the fabric asymmetrically skewed toward one side. In one embodiment the medical fabric is a laminate used as a sterilization wrap having a first spunbond layer, a meltblown layer and a second spunbond layer in which the first spunbond layer is on the side, once an item to be sterilized is wrapped, that is away from the item and that has a greater basis weight than the second spunbond layer that is on the side nearer the item to be sterilized. The medical fabric may also used to produce medical gowns to and drapes.
A medical fabric that comprises a laminate having a first spunbond layer, a meltblown layer and a second spunbond layer, wherein said first spunbond layer has a greater basis weight than said second spunbond layer and wherein said fabric is used as a sterilization wrap, gown or drape.
A medical fabric that comprises a laminate having a first spunbond layer, a meltblown layer and a second spunbond layer, wherein said first spunbond layer has a greater basis weight than said second spunbond layer, the first spunbond layer being oriented away from an item to be sterilized, a patient or medical professional.
A multilayer sterilization wrap having at least two SMS layers, the first SMS layer on a side away from an item to be sterilized having a basis weight between 17 and 87 gsm and having an asymmetrical construction with an outer spunbond layer having a greater basis weight than an inner spunbond layer.
The multilayer sterilization wrap of claim 15 wherein a second SMS layer has a symmetrical construction wherein both spunbond layers have the same basis weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.