Medical dressing
AssigneeMölnlycke Health Care AB
InventorsPatrick Rodzewicz, Jenny Flach, Maria Gustin Bergström
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Abstract
A medical dressing is provided. The dressing has a central portion and a border portion, and comprises a backing layer, an adhesive body contact layer and a pad arranged in the central portion between the backing layer and the adhesive body contact layer. The pad is symmetric about a longitudinal center line and the dressing comprises a lobed portion on each side of the center line. The medical dressing comprises a gripping tab which is coplanar with the border portion and which projects outwardly from the border portion. The medical dressing may be used for pressure ulcer prevention, such as at the sacrum region of a human body.
Claims17
A medical dressing for application to a contoured surface of a human body, the dressing having a central portion and a surrounding border portion and a lateral (x) and a longitudinal (y) extension;
- wherein the dressing comprises:
- a backing layer
- an adhesive body contact layer, and
- a pad arranged in the central portion between the backing layer and the body contact layer,
- wherein the backing layer and the body contact layer extend beyond the periphery of the pad to define the border portion along the contour of the pad;
- the pad being symmetric about a longitudinal center line and the dressing comprising a first lobed portion on one side of the longitudinal center line and a second lobed portion on the other side of the longitudinal center line, wherein the dressing comprises at least one gripping tab;
- the gripping tab being coplanar with and projecting outwardly from the border portion of one of the lobed portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.