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US 2013/0158458 A1Published application
Manufacturing method for wound dressings
AssigneeSarasota Medical Products, Inc.
InventorWalter F. Leise, JR.
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Abstract
A wound dressing having a thin barrier layer of soft, pliant adhesive material with a flexible cover layer extending along one side of the adhesive layer and a removable release sheet on the opposite side is disclosed. The adhesive material has a center and border surrounding the center such that the adhesive is contoured. A method for making the contoured dressing using a gear pump and a laminating roller having a predetermined softness and firmness is also disclosed.
Claims18
A method of making a contoured dressing, comprising the steps of:
- a. Depositing an adhesive in a specified shape and predetermined thickness using a gear pump onto a flexible silicone release web removably supported on horizontal platen member;
- b. laminating the deposited adhesive with a protective cover using a laminating roller with a predetermined softness and firmness to feather the edges of the adhesive to infinity;
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- c. forming a contoured dressing having a center and a bordered edge;
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- d. optionally, cutting and packaging the contoured dressing from the laminated film and release paper.
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A contoured dressing formed by the method of
- a. depositing an adhesive in a specified shape and predetermined thickness using a gear pump onto a flexible silicone release web removably supported on lower horizontal platen member;
- b. laminating the deposited adhesive with a protective cover using a laminating roller with a predetermined softness and firmness to feather the edges of the adhesive to infinity;
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- c. forming a contoured dressing having a center and a bordered edge;
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- d. optionally, cutting and packaging the contoured dressing from the laminated film and release paper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.