Leakage-Reducing Dressing
AssigneeKCI USA, Inc.
InventorStuart BOOTHMAN
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Abstract
An adhesive dressing that reduces the leakage of wound exudate from the dressing, comprising an adhesive-coated backing sheet; and an absorbent island adhered to said adhesive-coated backing sheet by said adhesive, having a first end and a second end, wherein the absorption capacity of the absorbent island is higher at the first end than at the second end. The adhesive dressing of the invention provides extended wear time for the dressing when it is applied to wounds.
Claims39
An adhesive dressing comprising:
- a backing sheet comprising an adhesive coating;
- and
- an absorbent island attached to said backing sheet, said absorbent island having a first end and a second end,
- wherein the absorption capacity of the absorbent island is higher at the first end than at the second end.
(canceled)
A method of treating a wound, comprising:
- applying an adhesive dressing having an adhesive-coated backing sheet and an absorbent island attached to the backing sheet to a wound site such that a first end of the absorbent island is below a second end of the absorbent island when the wound is in its most often-occurring orientation;
- wherein the first end of the absorbent island has a greater absorbent capacity than a second end of the absorbent island.
A method of treating a wound, comprising applying an adhesive dressing having an absorbent island attached to an adhesive-coated backing sheet to a wound site, wherein the thickness of the absorbent island is greater at a first end than at a second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.