Extensible dressings
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
InventorsLeonardo Caneppele, Andre Narcizo, Paulo Cesar de Godoy Oriani, Carmine Rizzo, Andre Luiz Santos
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Abstract
The present invention relates to dressings such as bandages or tapes having improved extensibility and conformability to human skin and joints.
Claims20
A dressing, comprising a layer of material, the layer comprising a plurality of material free regions wherein the material free regions are in the form of sigmoid pattern units, the sigmoidal patterns having dimensions and oriented and arranged such that the layer of material extends in at least one of the 45° diagonal directions at least about 425% more than the same layer of material without material free regions, as measured by the Stretchability Testxy described in the Specification, when applying a force of from about 0.1 kgf along such 45° diagonal direction of the layer of material.
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