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OwnerNatalie Brown, Liam Davies +4inventors
InventorsNatalie Brown, Liam Davies, Beth Gaskell, Annchalee Eade, Donna Kesteven, Lucy Ballamy
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The invention provides a sealing strip for use in negative pressure wound therapy, comprising: a carrier layer comprising a front face and a back face; a protective liner on the back face of the carrier layer; an adhesive layer on the front face of the carrier layer; a first release liner on a first portion of the adhesive layer; a second release liner on a second portion of the adhesive layer, and which extends to one lateral edge of the adhesive layer; wherein each of the first and second release liners comprises a portion detachably adhered to the adhesive layer and at least one handling tab portion which is not adhered to the adhesive layer; and wherein the surface area of the handling tab portion or the surface area of the handling tab portions combined of the first release liner is at least 45% of the total surface area of the first release liner.
A sealing strip for use in negative pressure wound therapy, comprising:
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein the sealing strip comprises:
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein each of the release liners is non-overlapping on the adhesive layer.
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein the surface area of the handling tab portion of the first release liner is at least 50% of the total surface area of the first release liner.
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein each of the release liners are paper release liners.
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein the surface area of the handling tab portion of each second release liner is at least 18% of the total surface area of the second release liner and/or the surface area of the handling tab portion of each third release liner is at least 18% of the total surface area of the third release liner.
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein the protective liner comprises a portion in contact with the back face of the carrier layer and at least one handling tab portion at one or both ends.
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein the adhesive layer comprises a solvent free acrylic adhesive.
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein the weight of the adhesive layer is no more than 30 gsm, or no more than 25 gsm.
A sealing strip according to any preceding claim wherein the weight of the carrier layer is between 20 and 35 gsm.
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