Packaged medical articles with reduced packaging
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsAudrey A. Sherman, Christoph T.R. Schuell, Jess W. Smith, Hironobu Ishiwatari
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Abstract
Packaged medical article include a package enclosing a medical article and a medical article contained within the package. The medical article is an adhesive article, where the adhesive article includes at least one fold along a fold line along an axis of symmetry of the adhesive article. Some of the folded adhesive articles have three segments, two adhesive segments and an absorbent pad, where the two adhesive segments are attached to a double sided release liner.
Claims19
A packaged medical article comprising:
- a package enclosing a medical article;
- and
- a medical article contained within the package wherein the medical article comprises an adhesive article,
- and wherein the adhesive article comprises at least one fold along a fold line along an axis of symmetry of the adhesive article.
A packaged medical article comprising:
- a package enclosing a medical article;
- and
- a medical article contained within the package wherein the medical article comprises an adhesive article, wherein the adhesive article comprises at least three segments wherein:
- the first segment comprises a first adhesive layer;
- the second segment, adjacent to the first segment, comprises a non-adhesive layer;
- and
- the third segment, adjacent to the second segment, comprises a second adhesive layer;
- and one fold along a fold line along an axis of symmetry of the adhesive article, wherein the one fold is located in the second segment, and a double-sided release liner with a first release surface and a second release surface, wherein the first release surface is in contact with adhesive layer of the first segment, and the second release surface is in contact with the adhesive layer of the second segment.
A packaged medical article comprising:
- a package enclosing a medical article;
- and
- a medical article contained within the package wherein the medical article comprises:
- a double-sided release liner with a first release surface with a first release coating and a second release surface with a second release coating, where the first and second release coatings may be the same or different;
- a first adhesive article attached to the first release surface of the double-sided release liner;
- and
- a second adhesive article attached to the second release surface of the double-sided release liner.
A method of using a packaged medical article comprising:
- preparing a packaged medical article, wherein the packaged medical article comprises:
- a package enclosing the medical article;
- and
- a medical article contained within the package wherein the medical article comprises an adhesive article, and wherein the adhesive article comprises at least one fold along a fold line along an axis of symmetry of the adhesive article;
- opening the package;
- removing the medical article from the package;
- unfolding the medical article;
- and
- applying the medical article to mammalian skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.